Cable management rack for telecommunication cross-connect systems

• US 7,715,213 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2008
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Mendoza, Jose-Filonel Tawag
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Jinhee J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aychillhum; Andargie M
• Application Number:
  US12/152,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20080285252A1
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 361/826, 174/97
• US Class Current: 361/826
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/021 using pivoting mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/062 vertical management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/064 horizontal management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/068 arranged on the rear side
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/09 Frames or mounting racks not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2201/08 Pivotable parts

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment. The rack includes a frame defining a bay opening sized and shaped for receiving a plurality of jack modules. The rack also includes a first set of cable management brackets that define a first vertical channel arranged and configured for receiving and vertically managing a plurality of cross-connect cables. Each of the cable management brackets includes a pivot portion that is pivotally movable relative to the frame. The pivot portions are pivotally movable between first positions in which the pivot portions extend partially across a front of the bay opening, and second positions in which the pivot portions are generally offset from the front of the bay opening. The present disclosure also relates to a rack for telecommunications equipment that includes rear cable management structure that defines a plurality of vertical channels along a back side of the rack. The present disclosure further relates to a telecommunications jack module including an array of jacks arranged in top and bottom horizontal rows. The jack module also includes an array of cross-connect locations positioned beneath the bottom horizontal row of jacks. The array of cross-connect locations is electrically connected to both the top and bottom rows of jacks.

Claims

1. A cable management bracket comprising:

a first bracket portion including a base and upper and lower bracket members that extend outward from the base, the upper and lower bracket members defining a space therebetween, the first bracket portion further including retaining tabs that project at an angle from free ends of the upper and lower bracket members;

a second bracket portion including a pivot base and an intermediate bracket member that extends outward from the pivot base and is vertically aligned generally between the upper and lower bracket members, the second bracket portion further including a retaining tab that projects at an angle from a free end of the intermediate bracket member;

the pivot base of the second bracket portion being pivotally connected to the base of the first bracket portion such that the first bracket portion and the second bracket portion are pivotally moveable between a first position in which the first and second bracket portions define an opening sized to receive a plurality of cross-connect cables, and a second position in which the intermediate bracket member of the second bracket portion is located within the space defined between the upper and lower bracket members of the first bracket portion.

2. The cable management bracket of claim 1, further including fasteners for securing the cable management bracket to a frame of a telecommunications rack.

3. The cable management bracket of claim 1, wherein one of the first bracket portion and the second bracket portion defines mounting holes sized for receipt of fasteners.

4. The cable management bracket of claim 1, wherein the first and second bracket portions are pivotally moveable about a vertical axis.

5. The cable management bracket of claim 1, wherein the opening is a rectangular opening.

6. The cable management bracket of claim 1, wherein the tabs of the upper and lower bracket members and the tab of the intermediate bracket member extend in a transverse direction from the free ends of the members.

7. The cable management bracket of claim 4, wherein each of the upper bracket member, the lower bracket member, and the intermediate bracket member of the first and second bracket portions extends in the same horizontal direction when the first and second bracket portions are in the first position.

8. The cable management bracket of claim 7, wherein the upper bracket member and the lower bracket member extend in a first horizontal direction, and wherein the intermediate bracket member extends in a second horizontal direction different than the first horizontal direction, when the first and second bracket portions are in the second position.

9. The cable management bracket of claim 8, wherein the second different horizontal direction is a transverse direction to that of the first horizontal direction.