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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Joel B. Douglas, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Kathleen M. Barnes, Champlin, MN (US);
Michael J. Franklin, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Lonnie E. Hannah, Monticello, MN (US);
Trevor D. Smith, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Steven P. Trebesch, Eagan, MN (US);
Joel B. Douglas, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Kathleen M. Barnes, Champlin, MN (US);
Michael J. Franklin, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Lonnie E. Hannah, Monticello, MN (US);
Trevor D. Smith, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Steven P. Trebesch, Eagan, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
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.