Slidable fiber optic connection module with cable slack management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10684435-B2
Application number	US-201815966738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2018
Priority date	Feb 27, 2013
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A telecommunications device includes a rack defining right, left, front, rear, top, and bottom sides, the rack defining mounting locations in a stacked arrangement from the bottom to the top, the mounting locations for receiving modules defining connection locations. A cable storage bay is located at one of the right and left sides of the rack and defines front and rear cable storage areas. Both the front and rear cable storage areas include cable management structures for managing and guiding cables toward and away from the connection locations. A trough is defined at the top of the rack, the trough configured for extending cables to other racks in a front to rear direction, the trough also defining a cable drop-off communicating with the cable storage bay for extending cables to either of the front or rear cable storage areas for further connection to the connection locations.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fiber optic telecommunications device comprising:
a telecommunications rack defining a right side, a left side, a front side, a rear side, a top, and a bottom, the telecommunications rack defining mounting locations arranged in a stacked arrangement from the bottom to the top of the rack, the mounting locations configured to receive telecommunications modules defining fiber optic connection locations;
the telecommunications rack further including a cable storage bay located at one of the right and left sides of the rack adjacent to the mounting locations, the cable storage bay defining a front cable storage area and a rear cable storage area, the front cable storage area including cable management structures configured for managing and guiding cables toward and away from fiber optic connection locations that are accessible from the front side of the rack, and the rear cable storage area including cable management structures configured for managing and guiding cables toward and away from fiber optic connection locations that are accessible from the rear side of the rack;
the telecommunications rack further including a trough defined at the top of the rack, the trough configured for extending cables to other telecommunications racks in a front to rear direction.

2. A fiber optic telecommunications device according to claim 1 , wherein the cable management structures of both the front cable storage area and the rear cable storage area are defined by spools.

3. A fiber optic telecommunications device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one telecommunications module mounted to one of the mounting locations.

4. A fiber optic telecommunications device according to claim 3 , wherein the fiber optic connection locations of the at least one telecommunications module are defined by fiber optic adapters.

5. A fiber optic telecommunications device according to claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications rack further defines a plurality of horizontal rear troughs arranged in a stacked arrangement from the bottom to the top of the rack, the horizontal rear troughs configured for extending cables to other racks along a right to left direction.

6. A fiber optic telecommunications device according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one telecommunications module is slidably mounted to a telecommunications frame which is fixedly mounted to the rack.

7. A fiber optic telecommunications device according to claim 6 , wherein each telecommunications frame is configured to hold a plurality of slidably mounted telecommunications modules.

8. A fiber optic telecommunications rack system according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of the cable management structures of both the front cable storage area and the rear cable storage area are defined by fingers.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Solheid James J
• Kmit Paul
• Haataja Timothy
• Szklarz Rob

Classifications

• G02B6/44526

  Panels or rackmounts covering a whole width of the frame or rack · CPC title

• G02B6/44528

  Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box (routing arrangements H04Q1/00) · CPC title

• G02B6/4452 Primary

  Distribution frames · CPC title

• G02B6/4455

  characterised by the way of extraction or insertion of the cassette in the distribution frame, e.g. pivoting, sliding, rotating or gliding · CPC title

• G02B6/4457

  Bobbins; Reels · CPC title