Cabinet including door locking indicator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12359478-B2
Application number	US-202418675775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	Apr 28, 2017
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

A system for improved cable management is disclosed in several example embodiments. The disclosed embodiments describe example structures for supporting cables, for example telecommunications and fiber optic cables, within a cable storage cabinet. The disclosed embodiments also describe a door for a cable storage cabinet. The example door includes a hinge control and handle system which allows the door to be opened along either side to therefore allow the door to be opened either way from a single handle. The disclosed embodiments also describes an indicator system which informs a user when the door for the cable storage cabinet is in either a closed position or an open position. Each of these embodiments improves the utility and safety of cable management, particularly within cable storage cabinets.

First claim

We claim:

1. An indicator to show the status of a door as being open or closed, the indicator comprising:
an indicator stimulus that indicates a condition of the door; and
a cover to block the indicator stimulus, the cover being manipulated by the condition of the door as being open or closed.

2. The indicator of claim 1 , wherein the cover blocks the indicator stimulus when the condition of the door is open.

3. The indicator of claim 1 , wherein the cover has a resting state and an active state, and the indicator stimulus is blocked by the cover in the resting state.

4. The indicator of claim 1 , wherein the indicator stimulus is a visible stimulus and the cover is configured to cover the visible stimulus.

5. The indicator of claim 1 , wherein the cover covers the visible stimulus when the condition of the door is open.

6. The indicator of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes an arm extending between a fixed end and a free end, and wherein the cover is supported at the free end.

7. The indicator of claim 6 , wherein the arm deflects away from the door to uncover the visible stimulus when the door is closed.

8. The indicator of claim 7 , wherein the door includes a ram that engages the arm to deflect the arm away from the door when the condition of the door changes.

9. The indicator of claim 8 , wherein the ram engages the arm to deflect the arm away from the door when the door is closed.

10. A cabinet, comprising:
a door; and
a plurality of indicators, each indicator including:
an indicator stimulus that indicates a condition of the door; and
a cover to block the indicator stimulus, the cover being manipulated by the condition of the door as being open or closed.

11. The cabinet of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of indicators are configured such that each cover moves when the door is open and closed.

12. The cabinet of claim 10 , further comprising:
a cable management device, including:
a cable carrier extending along an axis between a free end and a mounting end;
at least one partition selectably supported by the cable carrier; and
a repositioning system for repositioning the at least one partition along the axis to a plurality of positions between the free end and the mounting end of the cable carrier.

13. The cabinet of claim 10 ,
wherein the door includes a first side edge and an opposite second side edge; and
wherein the cabinet includes a system for opening the door, the system including:
a handle being mechanically operable in a first direction to open the door only along the first side edge or in a second direction to open the door only along the second side edge;
a first hinge mechanism operably connected to the handle to releasably secure the door along the first side edge; and
a second hinge mechanism operably connected to the handle to releasably secure the door along the second side edge.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Wang Jing
• Wu Wenyong
• Thijs Danny Ghislain
• Dooley Christine Anne

Classifications

• G02B6/4452 Primary

  Distribution frames · CPC title

• G02B6/44524

  with frame parts or auxiliary devices mounted on the frame and collectively not covering a whole width of the frame or rack (cassettes G02B6/4453) · CPC title

• G02B6/44528

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

• B65H75/146

  with at least one intermediate flange between the two end flanges · CPC title

• H05K7/1491

  having cable management arrangements (management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06) · CPC title