Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays

• US 9,097,871 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2014
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Smrha, Mark, Coburn, Hutch, Sjodin, Chad J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Jennifer
• Application Number:
  US14/515,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20150131958A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 385/134, 385/135, 385/136, 385/137
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3897 Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards G02B6/44528 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/444 Systems or boxes with surplus lengths
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4446 Cable boxes, e.g. splicing boxes with two or more multi fibre cables
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4452 Distribution frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/44526 Panels or rackmounts covering a whole width of the frame or rack
• 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 6/4455 characterised by the way of extraction or insertion of the cassette in the distribution frame, e.g. pivoting, sliding, rotating or gliding
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/023 using sliding 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

An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior.

Claims

1. A chassis arrangement, comprising:

a) a chassis housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, two side walls, and a rear wall that cooperate to define an interior accessible through an access opening at a front of the chassis housing, the chassis housing also defining gaps between the rear wall and the side walls to provide fiber pathways at a rear of the chassis housing;

b) a drawer mounted within the chassis housing to slide relative to the chassis housing through the access opening;

c) adapters mounted to the drawer to be slidable relative to the drawer; and

d) a removable chassis arrangement that is latchably coupled to the chassis housing at the rear, the removable chassis arrangement including a portion that couples to the rear wall of the chassis housing, the removable chassis arrangement cooperating with the chassis housing to further define the fiber pathways at the rear of the chassis housing.

2. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the rear wall of the chassis housing extends less than a full distance between the two sidewalls.

3. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the removable chassis arrangement includes a first wall that is coplanar with the top wall of the chassis housing when the removable chassis arrangement is coupled to the chassis housing.

4. The chassis arrangement of claim 2, wherein the portion of the removable chassis arrangement carries first and second latches that secure to the rear wall of the chassis housing.

5. The chassis arrangement of claim 3, wherein the first wall is integral with the portion of the removable chassis arrangement.

6. The chassis arrangement of claim 3, wherein the top wall of the chassis housing has a rear edge recessed inwardly from rear edges of the two side walls, and wherein the first wall of the removable chassis arrangement extends past the rear edges of the two sidewalls to the rear edge of the top wall.