CN103155586B - Cable support assemblies including cable bond module - Google Patents
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Abstract
A kind of cable support assemblies (1) for NE (such as plug wire unit), including: at least one cable bond module (15)；Housing (3), for receiving and support at least some of of module (15), described housing (3) has the first opening and the second opening being the most substantially relatively arranged, this layout makes module (15) can pass through the first opening and the second opening inserts and removes in housing (3) and/or from housing, and module arrangement is for sliding through housing (3).
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of cable support assemblies including at least one cable bond module.Cable supporting assembly uses be applicable to NE (such as plug wire (patch) unit), and provides the device for connecting, organize and support cable.
Background technology
Network technology, such as telecommunications devices and computer equipment, typically linked together by fiber optic cables and/or be connected with external equipment.For new device, engineer is on-the-spot by investigation, observe NE and the relative position of exterior connection point, and then calculating carry out the quantity of fiber optic cables, size and the type needed for necessary connection.For existing utility, engineer needs NE is performed regular maintenance, to guarantee that network technology keeps running, and typically requires replacement or increases new equipment, to update network system.
NE (such as plug wire unit) typically comprises frame case (cabinet) or the open type support frame supporting multiple cable connectors.Adapter is typically arranged on patch panel with the form (typically with array) organized so that via can be close to the first end before panel, and the second end is typically attached to cable.Front end typically provides socket (socket), and complementary connector may be inserted in socket, thus is attached between cable above and cable below.But, if situation is if necessary, it is of course possible to reversed arrangement.Therefore, plug wire unit provides the device connecting and managing multiple cable in the way of organizing.
Known with modular form offer plug wire unit, wherein, such as, by utilizing screw or bolt that flange is fixed on framing component, each module is attached to plug wire unit.Such module is likely difficult to insert in some cases, removes in plug wire unit and from plug wire unit because such module can only be inserted in one direction, and this is typically from above watching.In order to module performs maintenance, need to perform maintenance while module is in situ or alternately removes unit completely from plug wire unit.If engineer operates being in module in situ, then engineer is very easy to disturb proximity modules by accident, and this can damage the cable being attached to proximity modules, thus increases maintenance time.If alternately engineer removes module, then he needs to remove screw or bolt, and this is time-consuming.
One of fiber optic cables has a problem in that it is frangible.To a certain extent, fiber optic cables are protected by by sheath (such as aramid fibre and/or polymer coating), if but fiber optic cables bend the tightest; namely; radius exceedes its trouble free service radius, the greater attenuation of light signal occurs, thus increases the loss of signal.In some extreme case, even exist fiber optic cables will fracture thus stop the signal possibility by cable transmission.In known plug wire unit, cable connector is essentially perpendicular to patch panel and arranges, cable hangs downwards from patch panel.For supporting the mode of the cable of the front and rear being connected to patch panel, it is provided that little idea, which increase fiber optic cables and be bent over the risk of its safety operation radius.During safeguarding and when more new equipment, cable is especially prone to be bent over its safety operation radius, because engineer moves/loads cable in the way of bending cable by accident and is not uncommon for.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the present invention attempts to alleviate at least one the problems referred to above, or provides at the Res fungibiles of existing apparatus.
According to an aspect of the present invention, it is provided that a kind of cable support assemblies for NE (such as plug wire unit), including at least one cable bond module；Housing, for receiving and support at least some of of module, described housing has the front opening and rear aperture being the most substantially relatively arranged, wherein, module can be inserted by front opening and rear aperture and remove in housing and from housing, and module can slide through housing, so that described module can be inserted in described housing by described front opening and remove from described housing via described rear aperture, and insert in described housing by described rear aperture and remove from described housing via described front opening.The invention allows to such as this module or each module be inserted in forward and backward directions remove in cable support assemblies and from cable support assemblies.
Advantageously, cable support assemblies can include multiple interconnecting modules.Typically, cable support device includes 1 to 10 modules, although the most feasible quantity can be included.Typically, module is arranged in an array, five modules of a line, five modules of string, two six modules of row etc..
It is each at least some of that housing is arranged as receiving and support in multiple interconnecting modules.Housing includes the docking frame (dockingbay) of at least one generic tubular for receiver module, it is therefore preferable to multiple generic tubular docking frame.Advantageously, this tubulose docking frame or each tubulose docking frame module respective with it are the most complementary.Typically, each tubulose docking frame has substantially rectangular in cross section cross section.Docking frame is opened wide at often end.Housing includes upper component and substructure member.Housing includes the multiple separators (partition) separating plug wire module.Separator is arranged generally normally with at least one in upper component and substructure member.Such as, docking frame can be limited by upper component, substructure member and the first separator and the second separator.For only having the device of single docking frame, docking frame is limited by upper component, substructure member and the first housing sidewall and the second housing sidewall.
Typically, housing includes a docking frame for each module.The size and shape of this module or each module is formed so that module can be along the axial sliding movement of docking frame through its respective docking frame.Typically, this docking frame or each docking frame are arranged so that module to be inserted the front and rear of NE and remove from the front and rear of NE.
Advantageously, assembly can include the holding means for the position keeping module in housing.
Holding means can include being arranged on the one in housing and module or among at least one keep component, another one in housing and module includes that at least one forms part (formation), this formation part is arranged as engaging and keeps component, thus keeps module position in housing.Member cloth is kept to be set to keep module position in housing, until user applies predetermined axial force to module, to overcome holding effect.When it happens, keep component to automatically disengage holding and form part.For need not user's actuated latch or locking to remove in the sense that module, this is automatic.Such as, component is kept can to stretch out from module.Housing includes that at least one being formed in the inner surface of housing is complementarily shaped to part, and this is complementarily shaped to part and is arranged as when keeping component, with formation part, punctual reception is kept component.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that housing can include this holding component or each holding component, module can include this formation part or each formation part.This holding component or each holding component eliminate the needs utilizing screw or bolt that module is fixed on assembly, thus provide and quickly remove and insert.Holding means can include multiple holding component and multiple formation part.First keeps component can stretch out from the first side of module, and second keeps component can stretch out from the second side of module.Advantageously, the first side is arranged as the most relative with the second side.Therefore, the first formation part and the second formation part are formed in housing.
Advantageously, it can be resilient for keeping component.
Advantageously, keep component can include brake component (detent), form part and include at least one in recess and hole.Advantageously, brake component can include at least partially tilt and/or (rounded) composition surface of rounding, this composition surface is arranged as engagement recesses and/or hole.Have been found that this provide abundance retentivity so that module is maintained in housing, simultaneously allow user manually to module apply predetermined axial load and automatically remove module.Therefore, module can be sufficiently remained in position, but still removes module in the case of need not user operation blocking device.This provides the module of a kind of more easily form keep and remove, and this can aid in acceleration and installs and safeguard.Brake component can be manufactured by elastic metallic (such as spring steel).Preferably, the opening during brake component is passed through module housing stretches out.Such as, module can include the one section of elastic sheet material being located therein, and wherein, brake component is formed by sheet material compacting, and sheet material positions adjacent to the seam being formed in module housing.
Advantageously, holding means may be arranged at least two different set position being maintained in housing the position of module.Holding means can include the spaced apart multiple formation parts of the axis of the axis respectively along housing and module and/or multiple holding component.Such as, module can include the first holding component, and housing can include that the first formation part and second along the axis of housing is spaced apart forms part.Form part and limit the first holding position in housing and the second holding position.When first keeps component to engage the first formation part and the second formation part respectively, module is positioned in the first setting position and the second setting position.One in first holding position and the second holding position limits the normal operating position of module, and wherein, the front portion of module is substantially flush with the front portion of housing.Second holding position can limit extended position, wherein, extends to outside front portion or the rear portion of housing module section, thus allows engineer that module is carried out maintenance work.This contributes to preventing engineer from disturbing the cable being attached to proximity modules by accident.
Additionally, or alternately, holding means can include at least one locking component for locking module position in housing.Pass through locking component, it means that need the component actively separated by user, such as by operation latching member, thus from housing, remove module.
Advantageously, assembly can include the guider for the orientation guiding module in housing.One in module and housing can include the another one at least one director element, module and housing to include at least one receiving director element being complementarily shaped to part.Director element can be elongated.It is complementarily shaped to part and can include groove.Director element one from module and housing is stretched out, and preferably stretches out from its sidewall.Such as, each director element can be integral with module base component, and each sidewalls can include otch (cutawaysection) formed therein or seam.When module is inserted in housing, each director element stretches in its respective groove formed in the housing through sidewall.Guider is arranged as when extracting module out with dividing from housing central section generally maintaining the module orientation relative to housing.During installing, updating and safeguard, this is particularly advantageous, because when partly extracting module out, in the case of the weight that need not support module, module can be operated by engineer.
Module includes at least one first adapter for receiving the first cable, for receiving at least one second adapter of the second cable, for the attachment means the first adapter and the second adapter linked together, this layout makes when the first cable and the second cable are respectively connecting to the first adapter and the second adapter, and signal can be transmitted between the first cable and the second cable by attachment means.Typically, each first adapter includes that the first adapter, each second adapter include the second adapter.First adapter is arranged as receiving the first cable, and is connected at least one second adapter by attachment means.The each cable received by adapter terminates with the adapter complementary with adapter.Advantageously, module can have one-to-many and arrange, wherein, the first cable includes the multifilament cable being connected to multiple second adapter by attachment means.Attachment means can include cable and/or at least one optics, such as separator, bonder, wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), Wave Decomposition multiplexer (WDDM) and similar optics.
Typically, each module includes 1 to 10 the first adapters and 1 to 48 the second adapters, although the first adapter and second adapter of any feasible number can be included.
Module includes longitudinal axis and along spaced apart the first end of longitudinal axis and the second end.This first adapter or each first adapter are positioned at the first end, and this second adapter or each second adapter are positioned at the second end.Advantageously, when watching in plan view, at least one in the first adapter and the second adapter may be arranged to tilt relative to the longitudinal axis of module.Preferably, at least some the first adapter and/or the second adapter are arranged in such a way.This contributes to the stress level in reduction cable and contributes to guaranteeing the radius that cable will not bend to less than the minimum safe radius of clean-up.Module includes shell, and this shell has the first end wall being positioned at the first end and the second end wall being positioned at the second end.Advantageously, at least one in the first end wall and the second end wall tilts relative to the longitudinal axis of module.At least one first adapter is arranged in the first wall and/or on the first wall, and at least one second adapter is arranged in the second end wall and/or on the second end wall.Wall is made to tilt to provide above-described stress relief feature relative to longitudinal axis.Advantageously, shell can include the 3rd end wall being positioned at the second end.3rd end wall can tilt relative to the longitudinal axis of module.This provides generally wedge-shaped the second end for shell.Advantageously, the first end typically front portion, the second end is typically rear portion.In a preferred embodiment, the first end wall is arranged generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of module, such as to allow front bulkhead to be substantially flush with the front portion of housing, thus provide the aesthetic feeling of pleasant.In an alternate embodiments, the first end and the second end can be general wedge-like, such as, by including being positioned at the 4th end wall of the first end, described 4th end wall tilts relative to the longitudinal axis of module.
Advantageously, module can include that at least one forms part, and this formation part is arranged as receiving a part for handle, and described handle allows users to extract out module from housing.Handle is releasably attached to module.If the rear portion close to module is limited, then this is useful especially, thus prevents the rear portion of engineer's push module to remove module from the front portion of housing.
Housing can include that at least one forms part, and this formation part is arranged so that handle can be close to module.Such as, housing can include providing at least one close in this handle reception formation part or the hole of each handle reception formation part and recess.Advantageously, housing includes the multiple formation parts being positioned in substructure member towards the front portion of housing.This makes the handle can splice module on its bottom surface.
Advantageously, assembly can include at least one cable support component.Typically, assembly includes the elongate cable supporting member at rear portion of orientating component and at least one anterior support of orientating component.Supporting member guides the path of cable, contributes to preventing cable bend to the radius exceeding its safe operation limits.Therefore, support helps to maintain the integration of cable and reduces the probability high signal attenuation occur.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it is provided that a kind of cable support assemblies for NE (such as plug wire unit), including: at least one cable bond module, there is at least one first adapter for receiving the first cable；Housing, for receiving and support at least some of of module；And holding means, for keeping module position in housing, described holding means includes being arranged in the one in housing and module or at least one spring retaining member therein, another one in housing and module includes that at least one forms part, this formation part is arranged as engaging spring retaining member, thus keeps module position in housing, wherein, this layout makes to automatically disengage holding when user applies predetermined axial load to module and forms part, hence allows to remove module from housing.This arranges that making module can be readily inserted into housing neutralization removes from housing.
Housing can include the first opening and the second opening being the most substantially relatively arranged, and this layout makes to be inserted in housing by module by the first opening and the second opening and/or remove from housing.Module arrangement is for sliding through housing.
Advantageously, module can include at least one second adapter for receiving the second cable, for the attachment means the first adapter and the second adapter linked together, this layout makes when the first cable and the second cable are respectively connecting to the first adapter and the second adapter, and signal can be transmitted between the first cable and the second cable by attachment means.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it is provided that a kind of NE, this NE includes at least one cable support assemblies according to any structure described herein, it preferably includes multiple cable support assemblies according to any structure described herein.
NE includes support frame and/or frame case, and wherein, at least one cable support assemblies is arranged on the outer surface of support frame and/or frame case.This provides elastic, therefore props up the space that support component is not take up in support frame and/or frame case.
Advantageously, NE includes the multiple cable support components for transmitting the cable that (route) stretches out from NE.Cable can transmit in any one direction in following direction or a combination thereof: upwards, downwards, to side, forwardly and rearwardly.Advantageously, at least one cable support component, the most multiple cable support components, including the cable support surface of arch.Supporting member can be attached at least one in a support component, support frame and frame case.
According to another aspect of the present invention, it is provided that according to the cable support assemblies of any structure described herein and for removing the combination of the handle of module from housing.
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Described according to embodiments of the invention by example referring now to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the isometric view of the cable support assemblies for plug wire unit；
Fig. 2 is the front view of the assembly shown in Fig. 1；
Fig. 3 is the plane graph of the assembly shown in Fig. 1；
The front view of the plug wire module that Fig. 4 is included in the assembly of Fig. 1；
Fig. 5 is the rearview of the plug wire module of Fig. 4；
Fig. 6 is the plane graph of the module of the Fig. 4 being attached with the first cable；
Fig. 7 is the plane graph of the module of the Fig. 4 being attached with the second cable；
Fig. 8 is the isometric view of the module of the Fig. 4 in original place is positioned at a part for the assembly shown in Fig. 1；
Fig. 9 is the front view of the layout of Fig. 8；
Figure 10 is the side view of the layout of Fig. 8；
Figure 11 is the plane graph of the layout of Fig. 8；
Figure 12 is the isometric view similar to Fig. 8, and wherein module is drawn upwardly out rearward；
Figure 13 is the isometric view similar to Figure 12, and wherein module is drawn upwardly out forwards；
Figure 14 is the front view of the plug wire module with alternative front cable adapter；
Figure 15 is the rearview of the plug wire module with the alternative hole for receiving rear cable adapter；With
Figure 16 is such as the isometric inner view of the plug wire module arranged in Figure 14.
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Fig. 1 shows the cable support assemblies 1 being arranged as being positioned in NE (such as plug wire unit).NE can include for indoor and/or the frame case of outdoor application, side open type framework or any other suitable container or supporting construction.Propping up support component to be typically mounted in plug wire unit, therefore it is general horizontal or general vertical.
Cable support assemblies 1 includes: housing 3, has upper component 5；Lateral wall 7, has installation portion 9, base 11 and interior partition 13；Five plug wire modules 15；Rear cable support component 17；And two front cable support support 19.Assembly also includes movably blocking 21, and it can provide information to engineer, and such as cable connection diagram can record on this card.
Each plug wire module 15 is similar, and includes having antetheca the 25, first and second rear wall 27,29, sidewall 31, top 33 and the shell 23 of base 35.First and second rear walls 27,29 are each includes hole 37.Each hole 37 is arranged as receiving rear cable adapter 39.Each module 15 includes at least one rear cable adapter 39, it preferably includes multiple rear cable adapters 39.For each hole 37 not comprising adapter 39, hole is readily modified as receiving blanking plug 38 with blind hole (with reference to Figure 16).
Front cable adapter 51 is positioned in the hole 53 being formed in antetheca 25, and these front cable adapters are arranged as receiving cable 49 at the anterior of module.Typically, each rear connector 39 is the type of adapter adapter being arranged as receiving at least two cable connector and being linked together by least two cable connector.Typically, each Front connector 51 is the type of adapter adapter being arranged as receiving at least two cable connector and being linked together by least two cable connector.The most each Front connector 51 has the layout being different from each rear connector 39.In the accompanying drawings, each Front connector 51 and rear connector 39 include the first and second sockets axially aligned for receiving complementary plug-in connector, and these complementary plug-in connectors are attached to cable 49,47.
First and second rear walls 27,29 of plug wire module tilt relative to the central longitudinal axis of its respective sidewall 31 and plug wire module, and this layout makes in plan view, and wall meets with the edge 30 on the central longitudinal axis being positioned at plug wire module 15.Therefore rear wall 27,29 provides for module 15 and has general wedge-like rear portion (with reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 7).The purpose of the rear wall 27,29 tilted is the stress reducing and putting on rear cable 47, and guarantees rear cable to be supported for so that they will not bend to exceed the radius of its trouble free service radius.This reduces the signal attenuation in cable, hence in so that cable more efficiently works.
Each rear cable adapter 39 is arranged as receiving the complementary connector 43 of the end being attached to many fiber optic cables 47 and being attached thereto.Each single optical fiber, or depend on the circumstances, the subset of optical fiber, connect an adapter 51 by inside cable 71, this inside cable is typically many fiber optic cables (with reference to Figure 16).Inside cable 71 includes the complementary connector 69,73 for being connected respectively with rear connector and Front connector 39,51.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this connection being arranged as determining between Front connector 51 and rear connector 39 provides flexibility.If need not flexibility, then cable 71 can be securely attached to Front connector and rear connector 51,39.Shell 23 can be opened, and connects close to internal to provide.
Cable 47 can comprise such as six single optical fiber, and the most each optical fiber is connected to an adapter 51.Alternately, cable 47 can include the such as sub-cable of optical fiber more than six, and the most every sub-cable attachment is to adapter 51.There is many different types of available fiber cables, properly select quantity and the type of adapter 39,43,51.Therefore, module 15 is that front cable 49 and rear cable 47 carry out the device of plug wire, and is typically arranged as providing one-to-many matching.
Alternatively, shell 23 can accommodate at least one optics (not shown), such as separator, bonder, wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), Wave Decomposition multiplexer (WDDM) and any other compatible optics.Optics is connected at least one rear cable 47 by adapter 39, and is connected at least one front cable 49 by Front connector 51.
In addition, or alternately, for this rear connector or each rear connector 39, module 15 can include that at least one compresses gland 44 (with reference to Fig. 7), wherein rear cable 47 is screwed in module 15 through compressing gland 44, and is connected at least one Front connector 51 by being attached at least one complementary connector of the end of cable.Such as, if cable 47 is many fiber optic cables, then it includes being attached to the complementary connector of each optical fiber (or every many fiber optic cables of height) and being connected to multiple Front connector 51.Additionally, or alternately, cable 47 can be connected to optics.This arrangement reduces the quantity of connection, thus reduce connector loss.
Plug wire module 15 includes the brake component 57 stretched out from each sidewall 31.Brake component 57 is formed by the one section of steel spring plate or the compacting of similar material being positioned at plug wire module.Each brake component 57 is passed through the seam 58 in its sidewall 31 being associated.Brake component 57 is resilient.Each brake component includes at least one composition surface.This composition surface or each composition surface are preferably rounding, or include at least some of relative to what the surface of module tilted.
Module 15 also includes director element 59.Each director element 59 is formed with the base of module integrally, and is passed through the recess 60 in the bottom of its sidewall 31 being associated and stretches out.Director element 59 is elongated and major part (the typically about half of the length of sidewall) along sidewall 31 extends.Director element 59 is generally centrally located on the longitudinal direction of each sidewall 31.
Housing 3 is arranged as receiving and supporting each plug wire module 15.Interior partition 13, upper component 5 and base 11 limit docking frame 61, and these docking frames are often being held unlimited, and each docking frame is arranged as receiving and partly accommodating a plug wire module 15.Module 15 is arranged as slipping on axial direction front and back in docking frame 61.Due to docking frame 61 often hold unlimited, so module 15 can insert from the front and rear docking frame 61 in and/or from docking frame 61 remove.Module 15 is arranged so that module 15 can slide through docking frame 61, if therefore insert module from rear portion, then and can remove from front portion through docking frame 61 with push module.Similarly, module 15 can be inserted docking frame 61 from front portion and can remove (with reference to Fig. 8, Figure 12 and Figure 13) from rear portion.This is the most favourable, because for the engineer installing/safeguard equipment, it determines that mobile module provides motility without the best mode of interference proximity modules.
Interior partition 13 includes the groove 63 positioned towards its lower end.Groove 63 is arranged as when plug wire module 15 moves through docking frame 61 receiving director element 59.The layout of groove 63 and director element 59 allows to partly remove plug wire unit 15 from docking frame 61, module 15 makes module 15 be supported by the docking frame that is positioned in extended position with the interaction docking frame 61, and this makes engineer can be easier to adapter to operate.This partly supports with the relative close between docking frame 61 and module 15.In some arrangements, interaction makes module 15 keep generally horizontal direction.Typically, module 15 can stretch out from housing 3 1/2 to the 3/4 of about its length, and module is still supported by housing 3.
At least one in recess that interior partition 13 includes being arranged as receiving resilient part 57 and hole 65.Plug wire module 15 is maintained in the predetermined set position in docking frame 61 by the interaction between brake component 57 and recess/hole 65.But, this layout makes when user applies predetermined axial load to module, and load causes brake component to depart from its respective recess/hole, so that module can be slided in its housing.Axial load causes brake component to be resiliently deformed, and causes the composition surface of the rounding of inclination to slide through the side in recess/hole.This layout provides and sufficiently keeps function, allows to remove module from housing in the case of user the most manually operates locking/blocking mechanism need not simultaneously.Substantially, brake component provides the opposing to the slip that can overcome by applying suitable axial load.The elasticity of brake component and/or the layout of composition surface are chosen to set retentivity, therefore can easily be applied to remove the rank of the power needed for module by adult.
Owing to being provided with two recess/holes 65 in each interior partition 13, it is possible to plug wire module 15 is limited in two different setting positions.The position (with reference to Fig. 8) that first setting position is antetheca 25 when being substantially flush with the end of interior partition 13.This is normal operating position.Second setting position is maintenance position, and wherein plug wire module 15 is forwards extending up to outside docking frame 61.
The cable 47 being attached to rear connector 39 is supported by rear cable support component 17.Rear cable support component includes a series of holes formed therein, and this some holes is arranged and cable 47 can be supplied through it.Support component 17 includes outwardly side arm 67, so that cable 47 is better able to close to plug wire module 15.Support component 17 contributes to guaranteeing the radius that rear cable 47 will not bend to less than the minimum radius of clean-up of its safety.
Cable support support 19 is attached to assembly by installation portion 9.The front cable being connected to plug wire module by adapter 51 can be covered above support 19.Cable support support 19 contributes to guaranteeing the radius that front cable will not bend to less than the minimum radius of clean-up of its safety.Multiple cable support supports 19 can be attached to a support component and/or NE support frame and/or frame case, thus transmit and support cable.Cable can be attached in different directions, therefore can upload power transmission cable in any one upwards, downwards, backward, forward and in side surface direction.Therefore, support 19 is general, and is easily installed, and protects cable.
By installation portion 9 is bolted to NE support frame, assembly 1 may be mounted in NE (such as plug wire unit).Alternately, assembly 1 can be slidably mounted in NE and/or can be securely attached to NE.Typically, the degree of depth of housing is 1u, and it is about 44mm.
Figure 14 to Figure 16 shows have Front connector and rear connector 151,39 and the plug wire module 15 of the alternative layout in difform hole 137 being formed in rear wall 27,29.
In use, when engineer wishes to operate plug wire module 15 from the front portion of plug wire unit, the rear portion of his push module 15, therefore module partly extends from housing 15, module is supported by director element 59 and groove 63, if and module 15 and docking frame 61 between cooperation the tightst, then by docking frame 61 support.If engineer can not be close to the rear portion of module 15, then he uses the recess/hole in the bottom surface of wire rod handle 75 (with reference to Fig. 1) splice module 15, and utilizes handle 75 to pull out module 15.Recess/hole (with reference to Fig. 9 and Figure 12) that engineer can be nearly formed in module 15 by the seam 77 being formed in housing base 11 towards its front portion.
If engineer needs access to the rear portion of plug wire unit, then typically he can by catch shell 23 and backward directions pull-up dynamic model block 15 and mobile module 15 because the rear portion of module 15 is positioned at outside housing 3.
If necessary, then engineer can remove module 15 completely from housing.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that and can modify above example, these amendments fall within the scope of the present invention, and such as, brake component can be formed in the housing, and can be formed in plug wire module 15 for receiving the recess/hole of brake component.Module 15 can include the multiple brake components being positioned on every side of module.
Director element can include in the housing, and groove can be formed in plug wire module.
The alternative adapter of the adapter shown in accompanying drawing can be used.There is many different commercial commercially available adapters, plug wire module may be adapted to adapt to the certain types of adapter needed for installing.Typically, module includes 1 to 10 rear connector, it is therefore preferable to 1 to 6 rear connector.Typically, module includes 1 to 48 Front connector, it is therefore preferable to 1 to 24 Front connector, more preferably 1 to 12 Front connector.Similarly, there are many different types of fiber optic cables, and assembly may be adapted to adapt to required certain types of cable.
At least one module being positioned in assembly can include that the adapter being different from other modules is arranged.In certain embodiments, each module can have different adapter layouts.
Cable support assemblies can be mounted externally to NE or framework.
Additionally, or alternately, for brake component, equipment can include the locking for locking module position in housing and/or other locking mechanisms.This mechanism includes brake, such as latching member, and it is arranged as locking and conciliates the module in lock housing body.
Module may be arranged such that antetheca tilts towards the longitudinal axis of module.Module can include the first antetheca and the second antetheca, and the first antetheca and the second antetheca may be arranged to form the wedge-type shape similar to rear wall.
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1. for a cable support assemblies for NE, including: at least one cable bond module；Housing, for receiving and support a part for the most described module, described housing has the front opening and rear aperture being the most substantially relatively arranged, wherein, described module can be inserted by described front opening and described rear aperture and remove in described housing and from described housing, and described module can slide through described housing, so that described module can be inserted in described housing by described front opening and remove from described housing via described rear aperture, and insert in described housing by described rear aperture and remove from described housing via described front opening.
Cable support assemblies the most according to claim 1, including the holding means for keeping described module position in described housing.
Cable support assemblies the most according to claim 2, wherein, described holding means includes that being arranged at least one on and/or within the one in described housing and described module keeps component, and the another one in described housing and described module includes that at least one keeps forming part, described holding forms part and is arranged to engage described holding component, thus keep described module position in described housing, this layout makes described holding member cloth be set to when user applies predetermined axial load to described module and automatically disengages described holding formation part, thus allow from described housing, remove described module.
Cable support assemblies the most according to claim 3, wherein, described holding component is resilient.
5. according to the cable support assemblies described in claim 3 or 4, wherein, described holding component includes brake component, and described formation part includes the one in recess and hole, wherein, described brake component is for moving to axial offer frictional resistance between described module and described housing.
Cable support assemblies the most according to claim 5, wherein, described brake component includes that tilt and/or in the composition surface of rounding at least one.
7. the setting position that at least two that according to the cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 2 to 4, wherein, described holding means is arranged to be maintained in described housing by the position of described module is different.
Cable support assemblies the most according to any one of claim 1 to 4, including the guider for guiding described module orientation in described housing.
Cable support assemblies the most according to claim 8, wherein, at least one in described module and described housing includes at least one director element, and the another one in described module and described housing includes being complementarily shaped to part at least one receiving described director element.
Cable support assemblies the most according to any one of claim 1 to 4, including: at least one first adapter, for receiving the first cable；At least one second adapter, for receiving the second cable；Attachment means, for described first adapter and described second adapter are linked together, this layout makes when described first cable and described second cable are respectively connecting to described first adapter and described second adapter, and signal can be transmitted between described first cable and described second cable by described attachment means.
11. cable support assemblies according to claim 10, wherein, described module includes longitudinal axis and along spaced apart the first end of described longitudinal axis and the second end, described first adapter or each first adapter are positioned at described end, and described second adapter or each second adapter are positioned at described second end.
12. cable support assemblies according to claim 11, wherein, when watching in plan view, at least one in described first adapter and described second adapter is arranged obliquely relative to the described longitudinal axis of described module.
13. according to the cable support assemblies described in claim 11 or 12, wherein, described module includes shell, described shell has and is positioned at the first end wall of described end and is positioned at the second end wall at described second end, and at least one in described first end wall and described second end wall tilts relative to the described longitudinal axis of described module.
14. cable support assemblies according to claim 13, wherein, described shell includes being positioned at the 3rd end wall at described second end.
15. cable support assemblies according to claim 14, wherein, described 3rd end wall tilts relative to the described longitudinal axis of described module.
16. according to the cable support assemblies described in claims 14 or 15, wherein, at least one first adapter be arranged among described first end wall and/or on, and at least one second adapter is arranged among described second end wall and/or described 3rd end wall and/or on.
17. cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 4, wherein, described module includes that at least one forms part, and described formation part is arranged to receive a part for handle, and described handle enables a user to extract out described module from described housing.
18. cable support assemblies according to claim 17, wherein, described housing includes that at least one forms part, and described formation part is arranged so that described handle can be close to described module.
19. cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 4, wherein, described housing includes the docking frame of at least one generic tubular for receiving described module.
20. cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 4, including multiple modules, wherein, described housing includes that the docking frame of multiple generic tubular, each docking frame are arranged to receive a described module.
21. cable support assemblies according to claim 19, wherein, the docking frame of described tubulose and described module arrangement become to make described module in extended position due to closely cooperating and docked frame support by described between docking frame and the described module of described tubulose.
22. cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 4, wherein, described housing includes upper component, base, the first side wall and the second sidewall and for separating multiple separators of plug wire module.
23. cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 4, including at least one cable support component.
24. cable support assemblies according to claim 23, wherein, described cable support component includes the guide surface of arch.
25. cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 4, wherein, described module can essentially horizontally be inserted in described front opening and described rear aperture and remove from described front opening and described rear aperture.
26. 1 kinds of cable support assemblies for NE, including: at least one cable bond module, there is at least one first adapter for receiving the first cable；Housing, for receiving and support a part for the most described module, described housing includes the first opening and the second opening being the most substantially relatively arranged, and this layout makes described module can pass through described first opening and described second opening inserts and removes in described housing and from described housing；And holding means, for keeping described module position in described housing, described holding means include being arranged on the one in described housing and described module or among at least one spring retaining member, and the another one in described housing and described module includes that at least one forms part, described formation part is arranged to engage described spring retaining member, thus keep described module position in described housing, wherein, this layout makes described holding member cloth be set to when user applies predetermined axial load to described module and automatically disengages described formation part, thus allow from described housing, remove described module.
27. cable support assemblies according to claim 26, wherein, described holding component includes brake component, and described formation part includes the one in recess and hole, wherein, described brake component is for moving to axial offer frictional resistance between described module and described housing.
28. according to the cable support assemblies described in claim 26 or 27, wherein, described module arrangement is for sliding through described housing, so that described module can be inserted in described housing by described first opening and remove from described housing via described second opening, and insert in described housing by described second opening and remove from described housing via described first opening.
29. according to the cable support assemblies described in claim 26 or 27, and wherein, described module includes: at least one first adapter, for receiving the first cable；At least one second adapter, for receiving the second cable；Attachment means, for described first adapter and described second adapter are linked together, this layout makes when described first cable and described second cable are respectively connecting to described first adapter and described second adapter, and signal can be transmitted between described first cable and described second cable by described attachment means.
30. 1 kinds of NEs, including at least one according to the cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 29.
31. NEs according to claim 30, including support frame and/or frame case, wherein, at least one described cable support assemblies is arranged on the outer surface of described support frame and/or frame case.
32. according to the NE described in claim 30 or 31, including the multiple cable support components for transmitting the cable stretched out from described NE.
33. NEs according to claim 32, wherein, at least one described cable support component includes the cable support surface of arch.
34. 1 kinds of cable support assemblies and the combination of handle, described cable support assemblies is that described handle is for removing described module from described housing according to the cable support assemblies according to any one of claim 1 to 29.
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