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Patch panel

  • US 7,300,308 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2006
  • Issued: 11/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An angled patch panel mountable to a network rack having left and right side support members, comprising:

  • left and right end panel sections, each having left and right ends and at least one connector mounting aperture;

    left and right central panel sections, each having left and right ends and at least one connector mounting aperture, the left central panel section being positioned to the right of the left end panel section and the right central panel section being positioned to the left of the right end panel section, the left end of the left central panel section and the right end of the left end panel section being rigidly attached together and the right end of the right central panel section and the left end of the right end panel section being rigidly attached together, and the right end of the left central panel section and the left end of the right central panel section being rigidly attached together at an angle less than 180 degrees measured on a rearward side thereof;

    left and right mounting plates, the left mounting plate being configured for mounting to the left side support member of the network rack and the right mounting plate being configured for mounting to the right side support member of the network rack, the left and right mounting plates defining a plane; and

    left and right end extension plates, the left end extension plate extending rearwardly from the left mounting plate to the left end of the left end panel section and being rigidly attached to the left mounting plate and to the left end of the left end panel section, and the right end extension plate extending rearwardly from the right mounting plate to the right end of the right end panel section and being rigidly attached to the right mounting plate and to the right end of the right end panel section, the left end panel section extending from the left end extension plate inwardly and forwardly at a first angle relative to the left end extension plate measured on a forward side of the left end panel section and terminating at a forward position rearward of the plane so as to face toward the left side, and the right end panel section extending from the right end extension plate inwardly and forwardly at a second angle relative to the right end extension plate measured on a forward side of the right end panel section and terminating at a forward position rearward of the plane so as to face toward the right side, the left central panel section extending from the left end panel section inwardly and forwardly at a third angle relative to the left end extension plate measured on a forward side of the left central panel section and terminating at a forward position forward of the plane so as to face toward the left side, and the right central panel section extending from the right end panel section inwardly and forwardly at a fourth angle relative to the right end extension plate measured on a forward side of the right central panel section and terminating at a forward position forward of the plane so as to face toward the right side, the first angle being greater than the third angle, and the second angle being greater than the fourth angle.

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