Fiber distribution hub with multiple configurations

• US 8,229,265 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Issued: 07/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Commscope Emea Limited (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.), CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Solheid, James J., Smith, Trevor D., Holmberg, Matthew, Maaske, Nick
• Primary Examiner(s): Peng, Charlie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shammaa, Mary El
• Application Number:
  US12/276,005
• Publication Number:
  US 20090263096A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 385/135
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4452 Distribution frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44524 with frame parts or auxiliary devices mounted on the frame and collectively not covering a whole width of the frame or rack cassettes G02B6/4453
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44528 Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box routing arrangements H04Q1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/483 Installation of aerial type

Abstract

A fiber distribution hub (FDH) includes an enclosure and brackets with provisions to be mountable in multiple configurations. More particularly, the FDH is mountable in multiple configurations to a pole. The FDH includes provisions to be reconfigurable within the enclosure. More particularly, a hinged storage panel is reconfigurable between a horizontal hinging configuration and a vertical hinging configuration. A door is provided on the enclosure with features to stop and hold the door in one or more open positions. A ladder bracket is provided that is configurable as a ladder support or as an FDH mounting bracket.

Claims

1. A fiber distribution hub comprising:

a cabinet with a first side, the cabinet including at least one door mounted on the first side;

an entrance location on the cabinet for a fiber optic feeder cable;

a swing frame mounted within the cabinet, the swing frame being moveable between a stowed position and a service position, the swing frame including a fiber termination region; and

a storage panel rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the storage panel including a connector storage module parking space, the storage panel having a first rotational mounting configuration and a second rotational mounting configuration, the storage panel being moveable between a closed position and an open position.

2. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, wherein the first rotational mounting configuration of the storage panel results in a generally vertical orientation of a rotational mounting axis and the second rotational mounting configuration of the storage panel results in a generally horizontal orientation of the rotational mounting axis.

3. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, further comprising at least one storage panel hinge, wherein the swing frame includes a first hinge mounting location and a second hinge mounting location, wherein the storage panel hinge rotatably mounts the storage panel to the swing frame, the storage panel hinge mounting to the swing frame at the first hinge mounting location or the second hinge mounting location, and wherein the storage panel is configured in the first rotational mounting configuration when the storage panel hinge is mounted to the swing frame at the first hinge mounting location and the storage panel is configured in the second rotational mounting configuration when the storage panel hinge is mounted to the swing frame at the second hinge mounting location.

4. The fiber distribution hub of claim 3, wherein an axis of the at least one storage panel hinge is oriented generally vertically when the storage panel hinge is attached to the swing frame at the first hinge mounting location and the axis of the at least one storage panel hinge is oriented generally horizontally when the storage panel hinge is attached to the swing frame at the second hinge mounting location.

5. The fiber distribution hub of claim 3, further comprising a stop plate, wherein the storage panel includes a first set and a second set of mounting holes, wherein the storage panel hinge is attached to the storage panel at the first set of mounting holes and the stop plate is attached to the storage panel at the second set of mounting holes when the storage panel is configured in the first rotational mounting configuration, and wherein the storage panel hinge is attached to the storage panel at the second set of mounting holes and the stop plate is attached to the storage panel at the first set of mounting holes when the storage panel is configured in the second rotational mounting configuration.

6. The fiber distribution hub of claim 2, further comprising a support member extending between a first and a second end, the first end of the support member being attached to the swing frame and the second end of the support member being attached to the storage panel, the support member supporting the storage panel when the storage panel is configured in the second rotational mounting configuration and positioned at the open position.

7. The fiber distribution hub of claim 1, further comprising a latch, the latch holding the storage panel in the closed position when the storage panel is in the closed position.

8. The fiber distribution hub of claim 7, wherein the latch is mounted on the storage panel at a latch mounting location that is the same regardless of whether the storage panel is in the first rotational mounting configuration or in the second rotational mounting configuration.

9. A fiber distribution hub comprising:

a cabinet with a first side, the cabinet including at least one door mounted on the first side;

an entrance location on the cabinet for a fiber optic feeder cable;

a swing frame rotatably mounted within the cabinet and including a fiber termination region; and

a hinged storage panel rotatably mounted along an axis within the cabinet, the hinged storage panel including a connector storage module parking space, the axis having a first configuration with a first orientation and a second configuration with a second orientation.

10. The fiber distribution hub of claim 9, wherein the first configuration of the axis results in a vertical orientation of the axis and the second configuration of the axis results in a horizontal orientation of the axis.

11. The fiber distribution hub of claim 9, further comprising a ladder bracket, the ladder bracket having a first configuration as a ladder support and a second configuration as a fiber distribution hub mounting bracket.

12. The fiber distribution hub of claim 9, further comprising a door stay, wherein the door of the cabinet is rotatably mounted to the cabinet, the door being moveable between a shut position and unshut positions, wherein the door stay releasably holds the door in at least one of the unshut positions.

13. The fiber distribution hub of claim 12, wherein the unshut positions of the door held by the door stay include an intermediate open position and a fully open position.

14. A fiber distribution hub comprising:

a cabinet with a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, the cabinet including at least one door mounted on the first side, the cabinet including a first exterior panel on the second side and a second exterior panel on the third side, the first exterior panel including a first group of mounting holes, and the second exterior panel including a second group of mounting holes;

an entrance location on the cabinet for a fiber optic feeder cable;

a swing frame rotatably mounted within the cabinet and including a fiber termination region; and

a mounting bracket set including at least one mounting bracket, the mounting bracket set attachable to either the first group or the second group of mounting holes;

wherein a first mounting configuration of the fiber distribution hub is defined when the mounting bracket set is attached to the first group of mounting holes and a second mounting configuration of the fiber distribution hub is defined when the mounting bracket set is attached to the second group of mounting holes.

15. The fiber distribution hub of claim 14, further comprising a third exterior panel on the fourth side of the cabinet, the third exterior panel including a third group of mounting holes, wherein a third mounting configuration of the fiber distribution hub is defined when the mounting bracket set is attached to the third group of mounting holes.

16. The fiber distribution hub of claim 14, wherein at least one of the mounting brackets of the mounting bracket set is slidingly received in a mounting bracket receiver, the mounting bracket receiver engaging and supporting the at least one of the mounting brackets when the at least one of the mounting brackets is fully received in the mounting bracket receiver, wherein the fiber distribution hub can be stably seated and supported at an installation location in either the first mounting configuration or the second mounting configuration by engaging the at least one of the mounting brackets and the mounting bracket receiver, and wherein stably seating the fiber distribution hub at the installation location requires no fasteners.

17. The fiber distribution hub of claim 15, wherein the fiber distribution hub can be stably seated and supported at an installation location in either the first, second, or third mounting configuration by engaging at least one of the mounting brackets and a mounting bracket receiver.

18. The fiber distribution hub of claim 16, wherein the mounting bracket set further includes a saddle bracket and the installation location includes a mounting pole, wherein the mounting bracket receiver is attached to the mounting pole, and wherein the saddle bracket includes a saddle shape adapted to radially engage the mounting pole.

19. The fiber distribution hub of claim 18, further comprising attachment fasteners, the attachment fasteners fastening the saddle bracket to the mounting pole when the fiber distribution hub is seated at the installation location, the attachment fasteners preventing disengagement of the at least one of the mounting brackets from the mounting bracket receiver.

20. The fiber distribution hub of claim 14, further comprising a door stay, wherein the door of the cabinet is rotatably mounted to the cabinet, the door being moveable between a shut position and unshut positions, wherein the door stay releasably holds the door in at least one of the unshut positions.

21. The fiber distribution hub of claim 20, wherein the unshut positions of the door held by the door stay include an intermediate open position and a fully open position.