Fiber management panel

US9081164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Timothy G. Badar · Windom, US
• Jose Federico Mendoza · Ciudad Juárez, MX
• Gustavo Cano · Chic, MX
• Edward T. Landry · Maple Grove, US
• Marcelo Enrique Ruiz · Juarez, MX
• Dominic J. Louwagie · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/3897
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A telecommunications termination panel includes a pivoting tray with cable connection locations. Cables extending to the connection locations enter through the rear or the side and exit through the side of the panel. Cable management structures direct cables to and away from the connection locations. A first trough extends from the rear to the front of the panel housing, the first trough raised from the floor thereof. A second trough extends from the rear to the front of the tray and is pivotal relative to the first trough with movement of the tray. When the tray is closed, the troughs are parallel and when the tray is open, the troughs are perpendicular to each other. The second trough is raised from the first trough such that cables extending from the first into the second trough are not pinched when the tray is pivoted closed.