Telecommunications equipment frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021173165-A1
Application number	US-201917269656-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 20, 2019
Priority date	Aug 20, 2018
Publication date	Jun 10, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A telecommunications equipment frame including a base, and two vertical uprights, and a top member; the upright members defining an upper equipment zone and a lower cable tray zone. One or more front trays are in the lower cable tray zone, and openings are provided through the frame to one or more rear trays. The equipment zone defined by the two uprights is open without cable management structure for receiving telecommunications equipment. At least one slack storage zone adjacent to the central zone includes a plurality of cable management devices for storing cable slack.

First claim

1 . A splice equipment assembly comprising:
a housing having a height extending between a top and a bottom, a width extending between a first side and a second side, and a depth extending between a rear and an open front providing access to an interior of the housing; a trunk cable port disposed at the top of the housing to provide access to the interior of the housing; at least one equipment cable port disposed at the second side of the housing to provide access to the interior of the housing; a splice tray assembly disposed within the housing, the splice tray assembly including a frame holding at least one splice tray; a first guide member arrangement disposed at an inner surface at the first side of the housing to define a first cable routing path between the trunk cable port and the splice tray assembly; and a second guide member arrangement disposed at an inner surface at the second side of the housing to define a second cable routing path between the at least one equipment cable port and the splice tray assembly, the second cable routing path not overlapping the first cable routing path.

2 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the splice tray assembly is mounted to the rear of the housing.

3 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the splice tray assembly includes a plurality of splice trays mounted to the frame, each splice tray being movable between a stowed position and an access position.

4 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the interior of the housing includes a first region and a second region, wherein the splice tray assembly is a first splice tray assembly disposed in the first region, and wherein a second splice tray assembly is mounted within the housing in the second region, and wherein the first and second cable routing paths service the first region, and wherein additional first and second cable routing paths service the second region.

5 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first cable routing path extends along the first side and the rear of the housing and wherein the second cable routing path extends along the second side and the rear of the housing.

6 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 1 , wherein neither the first cable routing path nor the second cable routing path extend circumferentially around the splice tray assembly.

7 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one equipment cable port is one of a plurality of equipment cable ports extending through the second side wall.

8 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 7 , wherein the equipment cable ports are disposed in a vertical column.

9 . The splice equipment assembly of claim 7 , wherein the equipment cable ports are spaced along a majority of a height of the second side wall.

10 . A telecommunications equipment frame comprising the splice equipment assembly of claim 1 .

11 . The telecommunications equipment frame of claim 10 , further comprising:
a base, and two vertical uprights, and a top member defining a central zone; the upright members further defining an upper equipment zone; the upright members further defining a lower cable tray zone; one or more front trays in the cable tray zone, and openings through the frame to one or more rear trays; wherein the equipment zone defined by the two uprights is open without cable management structure for receiving telecommunications equipment; at least one slack storage zone adjacent to the central zone including a plurality of cable management devices for storing cable slack, the splice equipment assembly being disposed opposite the at least one slack storage zone.

12 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 10 , further comprising telecommunications equipment.

13 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , further comprising a second slack storage zone on an opposite side of the central zone relative to the first slack storage zone.

14 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , wherein each slack storage zone includes a column of spools.

15 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , wherein the front trays have different lengths.

16 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , wherein the front trays all have the same length.

17 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , wherein the one or more front trays includes only a single front tray.

18 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , wherein the one or more rear trays includes only a single rear tray.

19 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 11 , further comprising a splice equipment assembly mounted to the frame and offset from the central zone.

20 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 19 , wherein the splice equipment assembly includes at least one equipment cable port facing towards the central zone and including a trunk cable port facing in a different direction from the equipment cable port.

21 . The telecommunication equipment frame of claim 20 , wherein the at least one equipment cable port includes a plurality of equipment cable ports, and wherein each of the equipment cable ports aligns with telecommunications equipment received in the equipment zone.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Solheid James J
• Schoenfelder Rodney C
• Anderson Scott Jean
• Brandt James J
• Holmberg Matthew J
• Thompson Patrick James
• Percival David Patrick

Classifications

• G02B6/4452 Primary

  Distribution frames · CPC title

• H04Q1/09 Primary

  Frames or mounting racks not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G02B6/44528

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

• G02B6/44526

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

• G02B6/4454

  with splices · CPC title