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Cable exit trough with insert

US8041174B2 · kind B2 · utility

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36References

37Claims

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Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Wentworth · Belle Plaine, US
Brian L. Johnson · Lake Wales, US
Wayne Johnson · Port Aransas, US
Thomas W. Kampf · Minnetonka, US
Alex Watts · Chapel Hill, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 2011
Grant date	Oct 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4459
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough. The exit trough may also include an exit cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough.

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