Cable management panel with sliding drawer and methods

Patent 7480438 Issued on January 20, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 15, 2028. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.

Application

No. 12148142 filed on 04/15/2008

US Classes:

385/135Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers

Examiners

Primary: Wood, Kevin S

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Merchant & Gould P.c.

Foreign Patent References

37 04 560 DE 08/01/1988
299 00 087 DE 05/01/1999
0 645 657 EP 09/01/1994
WO95/07480 WO 03/01/1995
WO96/10203 WO 04/01/1996
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International Class

G02B 6/00

Abstract

An optical fiber cable management panel includes drawer assemblies, each including a drawer slidable within a chassis. The drawer assemblies are secured together by a bracket that includes an interlock arrangement with the chassis. Such an interlock arrangement includes a non-threaded stud engaging a hole. Radius limiters may be part of the drawer assembly and include a cable entry aperture have a closed perimeter and a flared cable guide surface around most of, and preferably all of, the closed perimeter to allow for the entry of cables from all directions. A control mechanism controls movement of the radius limiter relative to the drawer assembly. The control mechanism includes a rotating member that has an axis of rotation transverse to the slidable motion of the radius limiter and normal to the radius limiter.