Multi-Configuration Mounting System for Fiber Distribution Hub

• US 20090263097A1
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Commscope Emea Limited (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.), CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Maaske, Nick, Solheid, James J., Holmberg, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 8,238,709 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 385/135
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4452 Distribution frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44524 with frame parts or auxiliary devices mounted on the frame and collectively not covering a whole width of the frame or rack cassettes G02B6/4453
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44528 Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box routing arrangements H04Q1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/483 Installation of aerial type

Abstract

A fiber distribution hub (FDH) includes an enclosure and brackets with provisions to be mountable in multiple configurations. More particularly, the FDH is mountable in multiple configurations to a pole. The brackets are rearrangeable to provide the mounting configuration with either a short or extended offset between an FDH cabinet and the pole.

Claims

1. A fiber distribution hub mountable on a mounting pole comprising:

a cabinet with a first side, the cabinet including at least one door mounted on the first side;

an entrance location on the cabinet for a fiber optic feeder cable;

a fiber termination region located within the cabinet; and

a multi-configuration mounting bracket for mounting the cabinet on the mounting pole;

wherein the multi-configuration mounting bracket can be configured to mount the cabinet on the mounting pole in a first mounting configuration with a first offset between the mounting pole and the cabinet or a second mounting configuration with a second offset between the mounting pole and the cabinet.

2. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, wherein mounting the cabinet in the first mounting configuration positions the cabinet farther from the mounting pole than mounting the cabinet in the second mounting configuration.

3. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket includes a first pole cradle and a second pole cradle, the first mounting configuration having the first pole cradle of the mounting bracket adjacent the mounting pole and the second mounting configuration having the second pole cradle of the mounting bracket adjacent the mounting pole when the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole.

4. The fiber distribution hub of claim 3, wherein the first and the second pole cradles are concavely shaped.

5. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket includes a first pole cradle, a second pole cradle, a first mounting slot and a second mounting slot, the mounting bracket pre-mountable to the mounting pole with the first pole cradle or the second pole cradle adjacent the mounting pole, the first mounting slot supporting the cabinet and the first pole cradle mounted to the mounting pole when the cabinet is mounted in the first mounting configuration, and the second mounting slot supporting the cabinet and the second pole cradle mounted to the mounting pole when the cabinet is mounted in the second mounting configuration.

6. The fiber distribution hub of claim 5, wherein a tab is attached to the cabinet, the tab engaging the first mounting slot of the mounting bracket when the cabinet is mounted in the first mounting configuration and the tab engaging the second mounting slot of the mounting bracket when the cabinet is mounted in the second mounting configuration.

7. The fiber distribution hub of claim 6, wherein the cabinet further includes a second side and a third side, the tab being attachable to the cabinet on either the second side or the third side, the multi-configuration mounting bracket engaging the tab in either the first or the second mounting configurations when the tab is attached to the second side, and the multi-configuration mounting bracket also engaging the tab in either the first or the second mounting configurations when the tab is attached to the third side of the cabinet.

8. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, further comprising a hinged storage panel rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the hinged storage panel including a storage module parking space.

9. A fiber distribution hub mountable on a mounting pole comprising:

a cabinet with a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the cabinet including at least one door mounted on the first side and the cabinet including a first exterior panel on the second side;

an entrance location on the cabinet for a fiber optic feeder cable;

a fiber termination region positioned within the cabinet; and

a mounting bracket set including a first part and a second part, the first part of the mounting bracket set attachable to the cabinet, the second part of the mounting bracket set attachable to the mounting pole;

wherein the first part and the second part of the mounting bracket set can connect with each other in either a first bracket configuration or a second bracket configuration; and

wherein the cabinet is mounted closer to the mounting pole when the mounting bracket set is in the first bracket configuration as compared to when the mounting bracket set is in the second bracket configuration.

10. The fiber distribution hub of claim 9, wherein the cabinet further includes a second exterior panel on the third side, the first part of the mounting bracket set also attachable to the second exterior panel, wherein the mounting bracket set can mount the second side of the cabinet to the mounting pole in either the first or the second bracket configurations, and wherein the mounting bracket set can mount the third side of the cabinet to the mounting pole in either the first or the second bracket configurations.

11. The fiber distribution hub of claim 10, wherein the first exterior panel of the cabinet includes a first group of mounting holes and the second exterior panel of the cabinet includes a second group of mounting holes, wherein the mounting bracket set attaches to the first group of mounting holes when the second side of the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole, and wherein the mounting bracket set attaches to the second group of mounting holes when the third side of the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole.

12. The fiber distribution hub of claim 11, wherein the cabinet further includes a third exterior panel on the fourth side of the cabinet, the third exterior panel including a third group of mounting holes, wherein the mounting bracket set can also mount the fourth side of the cabinet to the mounting pole in either the first or the second bracket configurations, and wherein the mounting bracket set attaches to the third group of mounting holes when the fourth side of the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole.

13. The fiber distribution hub of claim 9, wherein the first part of the mounting bracket set is slidingly received by the second part of the mounting bracket set when the first part and the second part are connected with each other.

14. The fiber distribution hub of claim 13, wherein the first part of the mounting bracket set includes a tab that is slidingly received by either a first or a second mounting slot of the second part of the mounting bracket set, wherein the tab is received by the first mounting slot when the mounting bracket set is in the first bracket configuration, and wherein the tab is received by the second mounting slot when the mounting bracket set is in the second bracket configuration.

15. The fiber distribution hub of claim 9, wherein the mounting bracket set further includes a third part for mounting the cabinet on the mounting pole, the third part being attachable to the first exterior panel of the cabinet at a first mounting flange or a second mounting flange, the third part being attachable to the mounting pole at a pole mounting flange, wherein the first mounting flange is attached to the first exterior panel when the mounting bracket set is in the first bracket configuration, and wherein the second mounting flange is attached to the first exterior panel when the mounting bracket set is in the second bracket configuration.

16. The fiber distribution hub of claim 14, wherein the mounting bracket set further includes a third part for mounting the cabinet on the mounting pole, the third part being attachable to the first exterior panel of the cabinet at a first mounting flange or a second mounting flange, the third part being attachable to the mounting pole at a pole mounting flange, wherein the first mounting flange is attached to the first exterior panel when the mounting bracket set is in the first bracket configuration, and wherein the second mounting flange is attached to the first exterior panel when the mounting bracket set is in the second bracket configuration.

17. A fiber distribution hub mountable on a mounting pole comprising:

a cabinet including at least one door;

an entrance location on the cabinet for a fiber optic feeder cable;

a fiber termination region positioned within the cabinet;

a first mounting structure including a first component and a second component, the first component of the first mounting structure attachable to the cabinet at a first location, the second part of the first mounting structure attachable to the mounting pole; and

a second mounting structure attachable to the cabinet at a second location by either a first mounting flange or a second mounting flange, the second location being vertically offset from the first location, the second mounting bracket attachable to the mounting pole at a pole mounting element;

wherein the first and the second mounting structures can be used to mount the cabinet on the mounting pole in a first mounting configuration with a first offset between the mounting pole and the cabinet or a second mounting configuration with a second offset between the mounting pole and the cabinet;

wherein the first mounting flange of the second mounting structure is attached to the cabinet when the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole in the first mounting configuration; and

wherein the second mounting flange of the second mounting structure is attached to the cabinet when the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole in the second mounting configuration.

18. The fiber distribution hub of claim 17, wherein mounting the cabinet in the first mounting configuration positions the cabinet farther from the mounting pole than mounting the cabinet in the second mounting configuration.

19. The fiber distribution hub of claim 17, wherein the pole mounting element of the second mounting structure includes a saddle that engages the mounting pole.

20. The fiber distribution hub of claim 19, wherein the first component includes a tab, wherein the second component includes first and second slots, wherein the second component includes first and second cradles, wherein the first cradle receives the mounting pole and the tab fits in the first slot when the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole in the first mounting configuration, and wherein the second cradle receives the mounting pole and the tab fits in the second slot when the cabinet is mounted to the mounting pole in the second mounting configuration.