Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays

• US 9,435,974 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2015
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smrha, Mark, Coburn, Hutch, Sjodin, Chad J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Jennifer
• Application Number:
  US14/813,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20150338598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 385/134, 385/135, 385/136, 385/137
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3825 with an intermediate part, e.g. adapter, receptacle, linking two plugs
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3897 Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards G02B6/44528 takes precedence
• 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 6/4455 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0003 Details

Abstract

An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining open rearward cable connections and open forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. The adapters being arranged in arrays that slide independently of other adapter arrays to provide access to the open rearward and open forward cable connections.

Claims

1. A chassis arrangement comprising:

a) a chassis housing defining an interior accessible through an open front of the chassis housing;

b) a first sliding member coupled to the chassis housing, the first sliding member extending between a front and a rear, the first sliding member being configured to slide relative to the chassis housing so that at least a portion of the first sliding member passes through the open front of the chassis housing, the first sliding member including a first member of a rail and guide arrangement that is carried with the first sliding member;

c) a second sliding member coupled to the first sliding member, the second sliding member having a plurality of front fiber optic ports and the second sliding member being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member along an axis extending between the front and rear of the first sliding member, the second sliding member including a second member of a rail and guide arrangement that is carried with the second sliding member, wherein the first and second members of the rail and guide arrangement cooperate to enable sliding of the second sliding member relative to the first sliding member.

2. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the second member of the rail and guide arrangement includes a rail and wherein the first member of the rail and guide arrangement includes a guide defining a channel through which the rail slides.

3. The chassis arrangement of claim 2, wherein the rail is a first rail disposed at a first side of the second sliding member and wherein a second rail is disposed at a second side of the second sliding member.

4. The chassis arrangement of claim 3, wherein each of the first and second rails slides in a respective guide.

5. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a front cover configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position, the front cover extending across the front ports when the cover is in the closed position.

6. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the front ports of the second sliding member are stationary relative to each other.

7. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a third sliding member coupled to the first sliding member, the third sliding member having a plurality of front fiber optic ports and being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member, and wherein the third sliding member slides independent of the second sliding member.

8. The chassis arrangement of claim 7, further comprising a rail on the third sliding member, said rail on the third sliding member being configured to be received within a guide that is coupled to and moved with the first sliding member when the first sliding member slides relative to the chassis housing.

9. The chassis arrangement of claim 7, wherein the third sliding member is horizontally aligned with the second sliding member.

10. The chassis arrangement of claim 7, wherein the third sliding member is vertically aligned with the second sliding member.

11. The chassis arrangement of claim 7, wherein the front ports of the third sliding member are stationary relative to each other.

12. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first sliding member is configured to slide between a closed position and an open position, wherein the front ports are disposed within the chassis housing when the first sliding member is disposed in the closed position and wherein the front ports are disposed external of the chassis housing when the first sliding member is disposed in the open position.

13. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first sliding member is a drawer.

14. The chassis arrangement of claim 1, wherein the front ports are configured to slide relative to the first sliding member along an axis that is parallel with insertion axes of the front ports.

15. A chassis arrangement comprising:

a) a chassis housing defining an interior accessible through an open front of the chassis housing;

b) a first sliding member coupled to the chassis housing, the first sliding member being configured to slide relative to the chassis housing between a first position and a second position;

c) a second sliding member coupled to the first sliding member, the second sliding member having a plurality of front fiber optic ports and a plurality of rear fiber optic ports, the second sliding member being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member along a forward-rearward axis;

wherein the front ports are disposed within the chassis housing when the first sliding member is disposed in the first position and wherein the front ports are disposed external of the chassis housing when the first sliding member is disposed in the second position.

16. The chassis arrangement of claim 15, further comprising a front cover configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position, the front cover extending across the front ports when the cover is in the closed position.

17. The chassis arrangement of claim 15, further comprising a third sliding member coupled to the first sliding member, the third sliding member having a plurality of front fiber optic ports and a plurality of rear fiber optic ports, the third sliding member being configured to slide relative to the first sliding member, and the third sliding member being configured to slide independent of the second sliding member.

18. The chassis arrangement of claim 17, wherein the third sliding member is horizontally aligned with the second sliding member.

19. The chassis arrangement of claim 17, wherein the third sliding member is vertically aligned with the second sliding member.

20. The chassis arrangement of claim 17, wherein the first sliding member is a drawer.