Nortel Networks Corporation

Edmund Gillespie

Marko Nicolici

Farid Aziz

Donald Lentz

Michele Low

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for connecting a power feeder cable at a point for convenient operator access to an electrical subsystem located inside of a telecom equipment assembly. According to one embodiment, the terminal connection of the power feeder cable to the power entry point is positioned so as to be conveniently accessible to an operator from the telecom equipment aisle. According to another embodiment, a linking bus structure comprising, a first connector, a conducting path and a second connector, is mounted inside the telecom equipment assembly with the first connector positioned at the front panel of the telecom equipment assembly and conveniently accessible to an operator from the telecom equipment aisle. The apparatus and method are useful for overcoming difficulties normally encountered during inspection and maintenance of the connection of the power feeder cable at its terminal connection in a telecom equipment assembly.

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Kanata, Canada

Edmund Gillespie