Telecommunications enclosure and organizer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11747583-B2
Application number	US-202117225536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2021
Priority date	Apr 3, 2012
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

A closure includes a cover and seal block. A feeder cable pathway and rear cover is provided for separation of feeder cables from drop cables. The organizer in the closure includes an end cap and rear cable storage. Cable fixation clips, linear or bendable, can be used individually or daisy chained together. Cable fixation chambers are positioned on top of the gel block housing. The organizer is a click together organizer. Dual heights on cable guides on sides of the groove plate facilitate cable installation. Tray supports with rounded ends prevent looseness of the tray mounts. Other organizers include cable routing features for compact storage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable organizer for a telecommunications closure, comprising:
a tower, the tower extending from a bottom to a top along a central axis, the tower including hinge portions at mounting locations on a first side of the central axis, the mounting locations being staggered relative to the axis such that a first of the hinge portions is closer to the central axis than an adjacent second of the hinge portions that is below or above the first of the hinge portions relative to the central axis; and
trays configured to pivotally mount to the hinge portions one atop another along the central axis,
wherein each hinge portion includes a pair of projections configured to receive a hinge shaft of one of the trays.

2. The cable organizer of claim 1 , further including other hinge portions at other mounting locations on a second side of the central axis that is opposite the first side.

3. The cable organizer of claim 2 , wherein each tray is pivotally mounted to one of the hinge portions and one of the other hinge portions.

4. The cable organizer of claim 1 , further comprising a cable organizing plate connected to the tower.

5. The cable organizer of claim 4 , further comprising a tube holder connected to the cable organizing plate, the tube holder configured to hold tubes carrying optical fibers.

6. The cable organizer of claim 1 , wherein the trays can lie flat on top of one another when mounted to the hinge portions.

7. The cable organizer of claim 1 , further comprising a framework, the tower being mounted to the framework.

8. The cable organizer of claim 7 , wherein the framework defines a basket for storing cables.

9. The cable organizer of claim 1 , wherein each tray has a non-rounded hinge shaft configured to mount to one of the hinge portions.

10. The cable organizer of claim 9 , wherein for each tray, the non-rounded hinge shaft is configured such that the tray can maintain a pivoted position away from a lower one of the trays when the trays are mounted to the hinge portions.

11. The cable organizer of claim 1 , further comprising a support element to hold a desired number of trays in pivoted upwardly positions when the trays are mounted to the hinge portions.

12. The cable organizer of claim 1 , wherein the entirety of every one of the projections is on the first side of the central axis.

Assignees

• CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA

Inventors

• Aznag Mohamed
• De Groe Emilie
• Keustermans Eric Marcel M
• Houben Diederik
• Coenegracht Philippe
• Doultremont Pieter
• Van Genechten Geert
• Frederickx Maddy Nadine
• Michiels Maarten

Classifications

• G02B6/4477

  with means for strain-relieving to interior strengths element · CPC title

• G02B6/44526

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

• G02B6/4442 Primary

  Cap coupling boxes · 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

• G02B6/4446 Primary

  Cable boxes, e.g. splicing boxes with two or more multi fibre cables · CPC title