Exterior distribution pedestal cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9279950-B2
Application number	US-201213883921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2012
Priority date	Mar 28, 2011
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

An exterior distribution pedestal cabinet includes an enclosure having a top, a bottom and first and second sides extending between the top and the bottom, a door disposed on a front side of the enclosure, a cable management bracket within the enclosure, a plurality of splitter modules mounted within the enclosure at the cable management bracket, a connector holder bracket, a plurality of connector holders mounted at the connector holder bracket; and a pass-through connector adaptor plate.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An exterior distribution pedestal cabinet comprising:
an enclosure having a top, a bottom and first and second sides extending between the top and the bottom;
a door disposed on a front side of the enclosure;
a cable management bracket within the enclosure;
a plurality of splitter modules mounted within the enclosure at the cable management bracket;
a connector holder bracket;
a plurality of connector holders mounted at the connector holder bracket; and
a pass-through connector adaptor plate,
wherein at the bottom of enclosure, the enclosure comprises a bottom plate comprising:
cabinet cut-outs forming outer portions of the bottom plate and fixedly attached to the enclosure; and
a removable bottom plate removably attached to the cabinet cut-outs, and

wherein the cabinet cut-outs include a cable entry hole through which feeder cables from a pedestal base is inserted into the exterior distribution pedestal cabinet the cable entry hole spaced apart from the removable bottom plate.

2. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of splitter modules comprises:
a housing with a splitter compartment and a splicer compartment;
a plurality of fiber adapters attached to a wall of the housing;
a plurality of fiber connectors connected to the plurality of fiber adapters;
an optical splitter in the splitter compartment of the housing;
an input fiber optically connected to the optical splitter; and
a plurality of output fibers optically connected to the optical splitter and the plurality of fiber connectors.

3. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a cable retention bracket.

4. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a stubbed cable fanout transition holder.

5. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a connector holder bracket hinge.

6. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the connector holder bracket hinge is rotatably attached to the door.

7. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 6 , wherein the connector holder bracket attached to the connector holder bracket hinge.

8. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the connector holder is mounted within the door at the connector holder bracket.

9. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the connector holder bracket is attached to the door.

10. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the pass through connector adaptor plate is disposed below the plurality of the splitter modules.

11. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the connector holder comprises a transmission window.

12. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a spring latch connecting the enclosure and the door.

13. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 12 , wherein the spring latch has a zero extension position of the spring at a opened door position.

14. The exterior distribution pedestal cabinet of claim 13 , wherein the spring latch bends when the door closes.

Assignees

• Lichoulas Ted
• Guzzo Lou
• Afl Telecommunications Llc

Inventors

• Lichoulas Ted
• Guzzo Lou

Classifications

• G02B6/44765

  with means for strain-relieving to exterior cable layers · CPC title

• G02B6/44465

  Seals · CPC title

• G02B6/44528

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

• G02B6/44526 Primary

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

• G02B6/4441 Primary

  Boxes · CPC title