Cable management rack for telecommunication cross-connect systems

• US 20050092505A1
• Filed: 09/27/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Mendoza, Jose-Filonel Tawag
• Granted Patent: US 7,391,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/021 using pivoting mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/062 vertical management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/064 horizontal management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/068 arranged on the rear side
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/09 Frames or mounting racks not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/08 Pivotable parts

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment. The rack includes a frame defining a bay opening sized and shaped for receiving a plurality of jack modules. The rack also includes a first set of cable management brackets that define a first vertical channel arranged and configured for receiving and vertically managing a plurality of cross-connect cables. Each of the cable management brackets includes a pivot portion that is pivotally movable relative to the frame. The pivot portions are pivotally movable between first positions in which the pivot portions extend partially across a front of the bay opening, and second positions in which the pivot portions are generally offset from the front of the bay opening. The present disclosure also relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment that includes rear cable management structure that defines a plurality of vertical channels along a back side of the rack. The present disclosure further relates to a telecommunications jack module including an array of jacks arranged in top and bottom horizontal rows. The jack module also includes an array of cross-connect locations positioned beneath the bottom horizontal row of jacks. The array of cross-connect locations is electrically connected to both the top and bottom rows of jacks.

Claims

1-19. -19. (canceled)

20. A cable management bracket comprising:

a first bracket portion including a main base and spaced-apart, substantially parallel upper and lower bracket members that extend transversely outward from the main base, the first bracket portion also including retaining tabs that project transversely outward from free ends of the upper and lower bracket members;

a second bracket portion including a pivot base and an intermediate bracket member that extends transversely outward from the pivot base and is vertically aligned generally between the upper and lower bracket members, the second bracket portion also including a retaining tab that projects transversely outward from the intermediate bracket member;

the pivot base being pivotally connected to the main base such that the first and second bracket portions are pivotally moveable relative one another; and

the first bracket portion and the second bracket portion being pivotally moveable between a first position in which the first and second bracket portions define a generally rectangular opening sized for receiving a plurality of cross-connect cables, and a second position in which the intermediate bracket member of the second bracket portion extends between the upper and lower bracket members of the first bracket portion.

21. A jack module for a telecommunications system, the jack module comprising:

an array of jacks forming a front face defining a plurality of ports for receiving tip-and-ring plugs, the array of jacks including a first horizontal row of jacks and a second horizontal row of jacks, the first horizontal row of jacks being positioned above the second horizontal row of jacks; and

an array of cross-connect locations positioned beneath the second horizontal row of jacks, the array of cross-connect locations including first sets of cross-connect locations that are electrically connected to corresponding ones of the first row of jacks, and the array of cross-connect locations also including second sets of cross-connect locations that are electrically connected to corresponding ones of the second row of jacks.

22. The jack module of claim 21, further comprising a jumper tray positioned directly below the array of cross-connect locations.

23. The jack module of claim 22, wherein the jumper tray includes a front door that pivots about a generally horizontal pivot axis.

24. The jack module of claim 21, further comprising front cover panel portions positioned on opposite sides of the array of jacks, the front cover panel portions being generally parallel to the front face formed by the array of jacks, the front cover panel portions also being recessed relative to the front face formed by the array of jacks, and the front cover panel portions being interconnected by an intermediate panel portion on which the array of cross-connect locations is mounted.

25. The jack module of claim 21, wherein the array of jacks is generally rectangular and has a horizontal width W₁, and the array of cross-connect locations is generally rectangular and has a horizontal width W₂ that is greater than the width W₁.

27-34. -34. (canceled)