DEVICE OF MOVABLE PATCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING THE SAME

• US 20110186532A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DAN-Chief Enterprises Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: DAN-Chief Enterprises Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Yan Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/908,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20110186532A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/26
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/00 Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture doors E06B
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/06 Cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/13 Patch panels for monitoring, interconnecting or testing circuits, e.g. patch bay, patch field or jack field; Patching modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/18 Construction of rack or frame

Abstract

A device of a patch panel and a method for manipulating the same are provided. The device includes a first elongated panel which has a first mounting part, and a second elongated panel which has a second mounting part. The second elongated panel is pivotally connected with the first elongated panel.

Claims

1. A panel device, comprising:

a first elongated panel having a first mounting part; and

a second elongated panel having a second mounting part and pivotally connected with the first elongated panel.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the panel device is a crooked patch panel so as to facilitate the second elongated panel to be rotated directly when the first elongated panel is immovably fixed.

3. A device according to claim 2 further comprising a hinge, wherein the crooked patch panel is a “

V”

shaped patch panel, and the first and the second elongated panels are connected pivotally by using the hinge.

4. A device according to claim 3, wherein the first elongated panel has a first holding part, the second elongated panel has a second holding part, and the hinge includes the first holding part, the second holding part and a first pin for combining the first and the second elongated panels to form the patch panel.

5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the first elongated panel further comprises a first main body and a first connecting part mounted between the first main body and the first holding part, a first obtuse angle is formed between the first connecting part and the first main body, the second elongated panel further comprises a second main body and a second connecting part mounted between the second main body and the second holding part, and a second obtuse angle is formed between the second connecting part and the second main body so that the first and the second elongated panels can be collapsed together.

6. A device according to claim 5 further comprising a 0°

˜

240°

included angle, wherein the included angle is formed by the first and the second main body.

7. A device according to claim 4, wherein the first pin includes an upper pin half, a central sleeve and a lower pin half, the central sleeve has a first and a second apertures, and the first and the second apertures are inserted by the upper pin half and the lower pin half respectively.

8. A device according to claim 7 further comprising a second pin, wherein the central sleeve further comprises a central aperture, the second pin includes a fixing pin and a fixing fixture having a fixing aperture, and the fixing pin and the fixing fixture are mounted into the central aperture for turning the second elongated panel with respect to the first elongated panel.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein the first pin comprises an upper fixing part and a lower fixing part, the second pin comprises a fixing plate, the upper fixing part and the lower fixing part are fixed on the first elongated panel, and the fixing plate is fixed on the second elongated panel.

10. A device according to claim 4 further comprising a left pin, a right pin, a left fixing piece and a right fixing piece for flexibly adjusting an application width of the patch panel.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein the first and the second elongated panels are rotated via the left pin and the right pin respectively so as to adjust the application width of the patch panel between 19 inch and 23 inch.

12. A device according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second mounting parts are rectangular openings respectively, and plural keystone jacks are mounted into the rectangular openings.

13. A device according to claim 12, wherein the plural keystone jacks are arranged to be interlaced between a higher position and a lower position.

14. A device according to claim 1 further comprising a cable support frame for receiving plural network cables.

15. A device according to claim 14 further comprising a lock piece and a connecting rod for fixing the cable support frame on the device.

16. A device according to claim 1 further comprising a multimedia connector and a modular multi-port panel module mounted on the first and the second mounting parts respectively, wherein the modular multi-port panel module has an insulation displacement connector for connecting an external cable.

17. A method for manipulating a panel device having a first and a second elongated panels, each of which has at least a mounting part, the method comprises steps of:

pivotally connecting the first elongated panel with the second elongated panel;

determining a wiring demand; and

releasing one of the first and the second panels in response to the wiring demand so that the panel device is released in a more convenient way.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the wiring demand is a network wiring demand, and the network wiring demand includes a replacement of a keystone jack, a confirmation of a wire connection and an impact of the keystone jack.

19. A rack for mounting network Hub, comprising:

a rack body; and

a panel device mounted in the rack body and including a first and a second elongated panels, wherein the second elongated panel is pivotally connected with the first elongated panel.

20. A rack according to claim 19, wherein the first and the second elongated panels have a first and a second mounting parts respectively.