Fiber optic wall mount cabinet

• US 20010036351A1
• Filed: 03/07/2001
• Published: 11/01/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Original Assignee: Panduit Corporation
• Inventors: Fritz, Robert L.
• Granted Patent: US 6,591,053 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 385/135
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3897 Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards G02B6/44528 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4452 Distribution frames

Abstract

A fiber optic wall mount cabinet includes a heavy gauge metal enclosure having a back wall, top and bottom walls, side walls, and covers. A patch panel wall disposed substantially parallel to a side wall and extending between the top and bottom wall separates the interior of the cabinet into an incoming chamber and exiting chamber. Both sides of the patch panel wall include a plurality of attachment sites to which a connector mounting plate or bend radius control clip may be releasably secured. The bend radius control clip may comprise a bend radius control arm adapted to prevent bending of fiber optic cables terminated on the patch panel wall. The cabinet further comprises a first cover hingedly connected to the side wall and a second cover hingedly connected to the back wall. In a closed position, both the first cover and second cover completely enclose the incoming chamber and exiting chamber, respectively.

Claims

1. A fiber optic wall mount cabinet comprising:

a substantially rectangular enclosure having a side wall, top wall, bottom wall, and back wall;

a patch panel wall located within the enclosure, defining an incoming chamber and an exiting chamber of the cabinet, the patch panel wall comprising an incoming surface and an exiting surface, the incoming surface and exiting surface each comprising a plurality of attachment sites adapted to receive a connector mounting plate or a bend radius control clip; and

at least one connector mounting plate releasably secured to the patch panel wall; and

at least one bend radius control clip releasably secured to at least one of the plurality of attachment sites.

2. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 1

wherein the at least one bend radius control clip comprises a bend radius control arm adapted to control bending of a fiber optic cable passing over the bend radius control clip.

3. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 2

, wherein the bend radius control clip can be secured to the attachment sites in both an upward or downward orientation.

4. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 2

, wherein the bend radius control arm is configured so as to provide a bend radius control surface at a position where a terminated fiber optic cable exits a connector that has been mounted on the at least one connector mounting plate.

5. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 1

, further comprising at least one cable access slot adapted for passage of a first fiber optic cable terminating in the incoming chamber and at least one cable access slot adapted for passage of a second fiber optic cable terminating in the exiting chamber, wherein the at least one connector mounting plate comprises at least one fiber optic connector for terminating the first fiber optic cable or second fiber optic cable at the patch panel wall.

6. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 1

further comprising a first cover attached to the side wall, the first cover being moveable between a closed position to cover the incoming chamber and an open position to access the incoming chamber and a second cover attached to the back wall, the second cover being moveable between a closed position to cover the exiting chamber and an open position to access the exiting chamber.

7. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 6

, wherein the first and second covers are hingedly attached to the side wall.

8. A fiber optic wall mount cabinet comprising:

a substantially rectangular enclosure having a side wall, top wall, bottom wall and back wall;

a patch panel wall located within the enclosure, defining an incoming chamber and an exiting chamber of the cabinet, the patch panel comprising an incoming surface and an exiting surface, the incoming surface and exiting surface each comprising a plurality of attachment sites adapted to receive a connector mounting plate or a bend radius control clip;

at least one cable access slot adapted for passage of a first fiber optic cable terminating in the incoming chamber and at least one cable access slot adapted for passage of a second fiber optic cable terminating in the exiting chamber; and

at least one connector mounting plate or at least one bend radius control clip, the at least one connector mounting plate or the at least one bend radius control clip being releasably secured to the patch panel wall.

9. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 8

, wherein the at least one connector mounting plate comprises at least one fiber optic connector for terminating the first fiber optic cable or second fiber optic cable at the patch panel wall.

10. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 8

wherein the at least one bend radius control clip comprises a bend radius control arm adapted to control bending of a fiber optic cable passing over the bend radius control clip.

11. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 10

, wherein the bend radius control clip can be secured to the attachment sites in both an upward or downward orientation.

12. The fiber optic wall mount cabinet of

claim 10

, wherein the bend radius control arm is configured so as to provide a bend radius control surface at a position where a terminated fiber optic cable exits a connector that has been mounted on the at least one connector mounting plate.