Telecommunications cabinet modularization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9310577-B2
Application number	US-201313939407-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2013
Priority date	Jul 11, 2012
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

An example telecommunications cabinet includes: an enclosure including sidewalls extending between a bottom of the enclosure and a top of the enclosure to define an interior of the enclosure; telecommunications equipment disposed within the interior of the enclosure; and a data distribution arrangement disposed on one of the sidewalls within the interior of the enclosure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A telecommunications cabinet, comprising:
an enclosure including an exterior sidewall extending between a bottom of the enclosure and a top of the enclosure to define an interior of the enclosure, a first side of the exterior sidewall forming an outer perimeter of the telecommunications cabinet, and a second side of the exterior sidewall forming the interior;
telecommunications equipment disposed within the interior of the enclosure;
an interior sidewall extending along and spaced apart from the exterior sidewall, with a space being formed between the interior sidewall and the second side of the exterior sidewall; and
a data distribution arrangement disposed within the space formed between the interior sidewall and the exterior sidewall of the enclosure, wherein the data distribution arrangement includes an optical flexible foil cable.

2. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the optical flexible foil cable is formed from a flexible polycarbonate material.

3. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the optical flexible foil cable is formed from a flexible Kapton material.

4. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the optical flexible foil cable extends from the top of the enclosure through one of the sidewalls towards the bottom.

5. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the telecommunications equipment includes active telecommunications equipment.

6. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the active telecommunications equipment includes an optical switch.

7. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one electrical port for receiving a power feed defined at the top of the enclosure; and
a power distribution arrangement disposed on one of the sidewalls within the interior of the enclosure, the power distribution arrangement being electrically coupled to the electrical port at the top of the enclosure.

8. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 7 , wherein the power distribution arrangement includes an electrical ribbon cable.

9. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the data distribution arrangement includes one or more electrical conduits over which data is transmitted.

10. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the electrical conduits include a printed circuit board.

11. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 10 , wherein the printed circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board.

12. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , further comprising:
the optical flexible foil cable disposed within the space, wherein the optical flexible foil cable is formed from a flexible polycarbonate material;
wherein the optical flexible foil cable extends from the top of the enclosure through one of the sidewalls towards the bottom.

13. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 12 , wherein the optical flexible foil cable is formed from a flexible Kapton material.

14. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 12 , wherein the telecommunications equipment includes an optical switch.

15. The telecommunications cabinet of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one electrical port for receiving a power feed defined at the top of the enclosure; and
a power distribution arrangement disposed on one of the sidewalls within the interior of the enclosure, the power distribution arrangement being electrically coupled to the electrical port at the top of the enclosure.

16. A method of distributing cables in a telecommunications cabinet, the method comprising:
providing an enclosure including an exterior sidewall extending between a bottom of the enclosure and a top of the enclosure to define an interior of the enclosure;
positioning telecommunications equipment configured to split connections within the interior of the enclosure;
running a cable from the top of the enclosure, through a space formed between the exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall within the interior of the enclosure, wherein the cable is flexible and includes optical fibers for optical signals and one or more wires for power; and
terminating the cable so that the optical fibers transmit optical data to the telecommunications equipment and the one or more wires deliver power to or from the telecommunications equipment.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the telecommunications equipment includes active telecommunications equipment.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the active telecommunications equipment includes an optical switch.

Assignees

• Adc Telecommunications Inc
• Tyco Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Coffey Joseph C
• Pepe Paul John

Classifications

• 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

• G02B6/444 Primary

  Systems or boxes with surplus lengths · CPC title

• G02B6/4452

  Distribution frames · CPC title

• H05K7/186

  for supporting telecommunication equipment (selecting apparatus H04Q1/02) · CPC title