Front access DSX assembly

• US 7,195,521 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2005
• Issued: 03/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Musolf, Bruce R., Demulling, Richard T.
• Primary Examiner(s): DUVERNE, JEAN F
• Application Number:
  US11/033,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20050227544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 439668-669, 439/188, 379/399
• US Class Current: 439/668
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/00 Current supply arrangements for telephone systems for selecting-equipment H04Q1/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/021 using pivoting mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/06 Cable ducts or mountings specially adapted for exchange installations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/08 Pivotable parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/10 Housing details
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/12 Printed circuits

Abstract

A DSX jack module having removable jacks is disclosed. The jack module includes a jack mount for holding the jacks. The jack module also includes a front facing cross-connect array and a front facing IN/OUT array. A circuit board is electrically connected to the arrays. The circuit board includes portions positioned directly behind the cross-connect array and the IN/OUT array. A chassis for holding jack modules is also disclosed. The chassis includes a front door having a double hinge configuration.

Claims

1. A telecommunications device comprising:

a chassis including first and second portions; and

a door covering the first and second portions of the chassis, the door including a first panel adapted to cover the first portion of the chassis when in a closed position and a second panel adapted to cover the second portion of the chassis when in a closed position, the first panel being pivotally connected to the chassis by a first hinge allowing the first panel to pivot about a first pivot axis and the second panel being pivotally connected to the first panel by a second hinge allowing the second panel to pivot about a second pivot axis, the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis being parallel to one another, wherein, when the first and second panels are both in a closed position, major front surfaces of the first and second panels extend generally in the same plane.

2. The telecommunications device of claim 1, further comprising a first termination field located at the first portion of the chassis and a second termination field located at the second portion of the chassis.

3. The telecommunications device of claim 2, wherein the first termination field includes IN/OUT termination structures and the second termination field includes cross-connect terminations structures wherein the door is configured such that the cross-connect termination structures are accessible by opening the second panel of the door while the IN/OUT termination structures remain covered by the first panel of the door.

4. The telecommunications device of claim 2, further comprising a removable cable management tray mounted between the first and second termination fields, the cable management tray aligned generally with the second hinge.

5. The telecommunications device of claim 1, wherein the chassis has a length of about 19 inches.

6. The telecommunications device of claim 1, wherein the chassis has a length of about 23 inches.

7. The telecommunications device of claim 1, further comprising a circuit designation label provided on the door.

8. The telecommunications device of claim 1, wherein the door includes retractable latches that slide behind retaining members located on the chassis keeping at least one of the panels closed relative to the chassis.

9. The telecommunications device of claim 2, wherein the chassis includes a cable management structure provided in front of the first and second termination fields, the cable management structure aligned generally with the first hinge.

10. The telecommunications device of claim 1, wherein the chassis includes first and second sidewalls extending between a front and a back of the chassis, the chassis including rack-mounting structures adjacent the first and second sidewalls.

11. The telecommunications device of claim 1, wherein the chassis includes top and bottom walls interconnected by first and second sidewalls, the top and bottom walls and the sidewalls cooperating to define a chamber, the chassis including rack-mounting structures adjacent the first and second sidewalls, the first panel being pivotally connected to a front edge of the bottom wall of the chassis by the first hinge and the second panel being pivotally connected to an upper edge of the first panel by the second hinge.

12. The telecommunications device of claim 11, wherein the first and second sidewalls of the chassis extend between a front and a back of the chassis, the first sidewall including a power panel and the second sidewall including a sleeve ground panel mounted thereon, the power panel and the sleeve ground panel allowing all grounding and power source wiring of the chassis to be accomplished from the front of the chassis.

13. The telecommunications device of claim 3, wherein the second panel is taller than the first panel.

14. The telecommunications device of claim 3, wherein the first panel is adapted to cover the IN/OUT termination structures and also MONITOR termination structures located in the first portion of the chassis.

15. A telecommunications device comprising:

a chassis including a front side and a back side;

a plurality ofjacks mounted in the chassis, the jacks including ports adapted for receiving plugs, the jacks including switches for contacting the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the ports, the ports being located at the front side of the chassis;

cross-connect termination structures located at the front side of the chassis;

IN/OUT termination structures located at the front side of the chassis;

a circuit board including a first portion located behind the jacks, a second portion located behind the cross-connect termination structures and a third portion located behind the IN/OUT termination structures; and

a door for covering the cross-connect termination structures and the IN/OUT termination structures located in front of the chassis, the door including a first panel pivotally connected to the chassis by a first hinge, the first panel adapted to cover the IN/OUT termination structures, the door also including a second panel pivotally connected to the first panel by a second hinge, the second panel adapted to cover the cross-connect termination structures.

16. The telecommunications device of claim 15, further comprising a removable cable management tray mounted between the cross-connect termination structures and the IN/OUT termination structures, the cable management tray aligned generally with the second hinge for keeping cross-connect cables separate from IN/OUT cables.

17. The telecommunications device of claim 15, wherein the cross-connect termination structures are accessible by opening the second panel of the door while the IN/OUT termination structures remain covered by the first panel of the door.

18. A telecommunications device comprising:

a chassis including first and second portions, a first termination field being located at the first portion of the chassis and a second termination field being located at the second portion of the chassis, the first termination field including IN/OUT termination structures and also MONITOR termination structures and the second termination field including cross-connect terminations structures; and

a door covering the first and second portions of the chassis, the door including a first panel adapted to cover the first portion of the chassis and a second panel adapted to cover the second portion of the chassis, the first panel being pivotally connected to the chassis by a first hinge allowing the first panel to pivot about a first pivot axis and the second panel being pivotally connected to the first panel by a second hinge allowing the second panel to pivot about a second pivot axis, the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis being parallel to one another, wherein the door is configured such that the cross-connect termination structures are accessible by opening the second panel of the door while the IN/OUT termination structures and the MONITOR termination structures remain covered by the first panel of the door.

19. The telecommunications device of claim 18, wherein the first panel is taller than the second panel.

20. A telecommunications device comprising:

a chassis including first and second portions;

a first termination field located at the first portion of the chassis and a second termination field located at the second portion of the chassis, the first termination field including IN/OUT termination structures and the second termination field including cross-connect terminations structures; and

a door covering the first and second portions of the chassis, the door including a first panel adapted to cover the first portion of the chassis when in a closed position and a second panel adapted to cover the second portion of the chassis when in a closed position, the first panel being pivotally connected to the chassis by a first hinge and the second panel being pivotally connected to the first panel by a second hinge, the first and second hinges being oriented parallel to one another, the door being configured such that the cross-connect termination structures are accessible by opening the second panel of the door while the IN/OUT termination structures remain covered by the first panel of the door, wherein, when the first and second panels are both in a closed position, major front surfaces of the firstand second panels extend generally in the same plane.

21. The telecommunications device of claim 20, wherein the second panel is taller than the first panel.

22. The telecommunications device of claim 20, wherein the first panel is adapted to cover the IN/OUT termination structures and also MONITOR termination structures located in the first portion of the chassis.

23. A telecommunications device comprising:

a chassis including first and second portions; and

a door covering the first and second portions of the chassis, the door including a first panel adapted to cover the first portion of the chassis and a second panel adapted to cover the second portion of the chassis, the first panel being pivotally connected to the chassis by a first hinge allowing the first panel to pivot about a first pivot axis and the second panel being pivotally connected to the first panel by a second hinge allowing the second panel to pivot about a second pivot axis, the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis being parallel to one another, wherein the chassis includes top and bottom walls interconnected by first and second sidewalls, the top and bottom walls and the sidewalls cooperating to define a chamber, the chassis including rack-mounting structures adjacent the first and second sidewalls, the first panel being pivotally connected to a front edge of the bottom wall of the chassis by the first hinge and the second panel being pivotally connected to an upper edge of the first panel by the second hinge.

24. The telecommunications device of claim 23, wherein the first and second sidewalls of the chassis extend between a front and a back of the chassis, the first sidewall including a power panel and the second sidewall including a sleeve ground panel mounted thereon, the power panel and the sleeve ground panel allowing all grounding and power source wiring of the chassis to be accomplished from the front of the chassis.

25. A telecommunications device comprising:

a chassis including first and second portions; and

a door covering the first and second portions of the chassis, the door including a first panel adapted to cover the first portion of the chassis and a second panel adapted to cover the second portion of the chassis, the first panel being pivotally connected to the chassis by a first hinge allowing the first panel to pivot about a first pivot axis and the second panel being pivotally connected to the first panel by a second hinge allowing the second panel to pivot about a second pivot axis, the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis being parallel to one another, wherein the door includes retractable latches that slide behind retaining members located on the chassis keeping at least one of the panels closed relative to the chassis.