Carrier and an assembly including a carrier and a telecommunications module

• US 7,828,567 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2007
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation (Corning Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (3M Company)
• Inventors: Bonvallat, Pierre, Perrier, Gaetan, Metral, Guy
• Primary Examiner(s): CHUNG TRANS, XUONG MY
• Application Number:
  US11/782,406
• Publication Number:
  US 20070264852A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 439/713, 439/131, 439/165, 439/31, 439/719
• US Class Current: 439/165
• 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 1/142 Terminal blocks for distribution frames

Abstract

A carrier useful in the field of telecommunications to which a plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable. The carrier includes at least one spacer adapted to create a wire or cable slack by spacing the wires or cables from that part of the carrier on which the spacer is provided. An assembly comprising at least one carrier and at least one telecommunications module is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A telecommunications module comprising a hinge part configured to receive a hinge pin for forming a discontinuous hinge having an internal recess for passing wires;

wherein the wires are from at least one of a DSLAM cable, Pots cable and a line cable, and for mounting the telecommunications module to a carrier in a pivotable manner, wherein the hinge pin defines a pivot axis, wherein the hinge part is a furcated hinge part comprising at least two spaced apart legs, and wherein the hinge part is configured to guide the wires between the spaced apart legs in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the pivot axis and passing through the pivot axis from a the rear side of the telecommunication module to a front side of the telecommunication module where the wires are electrically connected to the front side of the telecommunication module and at least one splitter module attached to the rear side of the telecommunications module.

2. The telecommunications module according to claim 1 wherein at least one leg is formed by two leg portions which are configured to enclose the hinge pin.

3. An assembly of at least one carrier and at least one telecommunications module according to claim 1, wherein the carrier comprises a bottom connected to a side wall and where the telecommunication module is pivotally connected a pivot axis disposed on the side wall opposite the bottom wall.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 wherein the carrier has at least one guiding hook.

5. The assembly according to claim 3 wherein the carrier has a bottom in which, as seen in a cross-section, a U-shaped portion is formed.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 wherein the guiding hook is provided near the hinge.

7. The assembly according to claim 5 wherein at least one of a width and a depth of the U-shaped portion is small compared to at least one of a corresponding width and a corresponding depth of the bottom of the carrier.