Structured cabling chassis

• US 9,084,367 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2007
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Telect Incorporated (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Telect Incorporated (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Hawley, Mark Robert, Gallagher, Jeremy James, Takisaki, Walt Dean, Jenkins, James Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Kevin S
• Application Number:
  US11/779,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20080296060A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,918 Days
• Field of Search: 385134-137, 385/147, 174/535
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/021 using pivoting mechanisms for accessing the interior of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/062 vertical management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 1/064 horizontal management arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/186 for supporting telecommunication equipment selecting apparatus H04Q1/02

Abstract

Structured cabling solutions may include techniques and systems usable to route, organize, and otherwise manager wires, optical fibers, and other cables. Structured cabling solutions may include one or more chassis coupled to and movable relative to a frame to provide access to signal connectors on the chassis. Structured cabling solutions may also include labeling schemes that identify patch connectors that correspond to outlets in a structured cabling installation.

Claims

1. A telecommunications system comprising:

a cabinet including a rear portion, a left side portion, and a right side portion; and

a chassis couplable to the cabinet, the chassis including;

a spine coupled to an interior surface of the rear portion of the cabinet;

a first substantially planar side member and a second substantially planar side member pivotably coupled to the spine,

the first substantially planar side member including a first cutout arranged above a second cutout, wherein the first and second cutouts are at least about 4.5 and at most about 6 inches wide, and at least about 1 and at most about 2 inches tall, and the first cutout removeably receiving a first module and the second cutout removeably receiving a second module having a same form factor as the first module, the first module having a first type of signal connectors mounted thereto and the second module having a second type of signal connectors mounted thereto different from the first type of signal connectors, the first and second signal connectors having a patch side disposed on one side of the first substantially planar side member and a terminal side disposed on an opposite side of the first substantially planar side member the spine being interposed between the first substantially planar side member and the second substantially planar side member.

2. The telecommunications system of claim 1, the spine further comprising a standoff fixedly coupling the chassis to the cabinet.

3. The telecommunications system of claim 1, wherein the chassis has overall dimensions of at least about 12 and at most about 24 inches wide, and at least about 4 and at most about 12 inches high.

4. The telecommunications system of claim 1, wherein the first type of signal connectors comprise RJ-45 receptacles and the second type of signal connectors comprise RF receptacles.

5. The telecommunications system of claim 1, wherein first type of signal connectors comprise RF receptacles and the second type of signal connectors comprise RJ-45 receptacles.

6. The telecommunications system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first module or the second module corresponds to an outlet configuration comprising a wall plate having at least one of the first type of signal connectors and at least one of the second type of signal connectors.

7. A telecommunications chassis comprising:

a substantially planar body having dimensions of at least about 12 and at most about 24 inches wide, and at least about 4 and at most about 12 inches high, the substantially planar body comprising;

a first substantially planar side member;

a second substantially planar side member, at least one of the first and second planar side members including a pair of cutouts configured to receive modules, the cutouts being at least about 4.5 and at most about 6 inches wide, and at least about 1 and at most about 2 inches tall; and

a central spine interposed between, and pivotably coupled to, the first and second side members.

8. The telecommunications chassis of claim 7, wherein the chassis has overall dimensions of at least about 13 and at most about 15 inches wide, and at least about 4 and at most about 7 inches high.

9. The telecommunications chassis of claim 7, wherein the chassis has overall dimensions of about 14 inches wide and about 5.5 inches high.

10. The telecommunications chassis of claim 7, wherein the cutouts are about 5.3 inches wide, and about 1.7 inches tall.

11. The telecommunications chassis of claim 7, wherein the first planar side member includes an access mechanism accessible by hand or using a publicly available tool, and wherein the second planar side member includes a latch actuatable using a private tool.

12. The telecommunications chassis of claim 7, further comprising a module coupled to one of the first and second planar side members, the module comprising one or more signal connectors.

13. The telecommunications chassis of claim 12, wherein the module has overall dimensions of at least about 4.5 and at most about 6 inches wide, and at least about 1 and at most about 2 inches tall.