SMART MODULE FOR PATCH ENCLOSURE PANEL RECEIVING DATA TRANSFER CABLES

• US 20190327850A1
• Filed: 04/08/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: MASSE, Dominique, ISSIAKHEM, Younes, CHAUVIN, Cedric, MURALI, Deepak Vinjamoor
• Granted Patent: US 10,653,031 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/77 for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6641 with diode with LED H01R13/7175
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6683 with built-in sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/136 having patch field management or physical layer management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06

Abstract

A smart module (1) intended to equip a passive panel (12) of a patch enclosure comprising two lateral uprights (16, 17) bearing a series of passive panels. The module (1) comprises a body (2) in the form of a ruler and two fixing tabs (3, 4), each fixing tab (3, 4) comprising at least one hole (21-24) allowing it to be fixed rigidly to an upright (16, 17) by means of a screw, each fixing tab (3, 4) being able to be rigidly secured to an end of the body (2) by snap-fitting.

Claims

1. Smart module intended to equip a passive panel borne by two lateral uprights of a patch enclosure, the passive panel comprising a front face provided with connection ports, this module comprising a body in the form of a ruler and two fixing tabs, the body comprising a series of diodes and a series of presence sensors, each fixing tab comprising at least one hole allowing it to be fixed rigidly to an upright by means of a screw, each end of the body being able to be rigidly secured to a fixing tab by being gripped and/or snap-fitted by this tab.

2. Module according to claim 1, wherein each tab comprises a base extended on one side by two wings forming a clamp for gripping an end of the body and on the other side by a tongue extending in the opposite direction to the wings relative to the base by being at right angles to the wings and to the base, this tongue comprising at least one fixing hole.

3. Module according to claim 2, wherein at least one wing comprises at least one snap-fitting window, and wherein a face of the body is provided with a snug that engages in this window to ensure a snap-fitting of the tab onto the end of the body.

4. Module according to claim 3, wherein the body comprises, on one of its faces, a connector intended to receive a data transfer and electrical power supply cable.

5. Module according to claim 4, wherein the connector is intended to receive a flat cable of ribbon cable of electrical conductors type.

6. Module according to claim 1, comprising a body associated with several pairs of fixing tabs of different forms to allow it to be mounted according to different configurations.

7. Smart system for a patch enclosure comprising several modules according to claim 1 and a central manager intended to be connected to each module.