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Cable exit trough with cover

US8041176B2 · kind B2 · utility

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65References

13Claims

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Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 2010
Grant date	Oct 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable exit trough with pivoting cover. The cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough. The exit trough may define an insert aperture for receiving 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.

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