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US3818283A
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Crossbar switch module cabinet installation
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-07-17
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Granted: 1974-06-18
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Expires: 1993-07-17
Abstract
Abstract A crossbar switch module box installation with a plurality of the module boxes mounted by slides in a cabinet for slide out access to crossbar switches during installation, test and maintainance. Module boxes are mounted in back to back relation to be slid in and out from the front and back of the electronic switch control cabinet and for maximum packaging density. Plug in connector equipped pendant cables are so installed as to facilitate the maximum packaging density slide in and out module box installation with the pendant cables looped up and over from their plug-in connectors with adequate slack to accomodate the sliding in and out of respective module boxes. The cables extend to and are looped through a cable clamp that tightly clamp holds the cables from a module box in place with a desired cable nonflexing bend to extend upward in the cabinet to electronic equipment thereinabove.
Inventors
- 👤 L Ward
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:54
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q1/00; H04Q1/02; H04Q1/04; H04Q1/023; H04Q1/025; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S174/00; Y10S174/09
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
An electronic equipment module cabinet installation, including: electronic equipment module mounting means permitting inward and outward movement of an electronic equipment module; a family of electric wire cables connected to said electronic equipment module; said family of cables at their connection points to said module being in longitudinal alignment in the direction of module permitted inward and outward movement; a panel mounted in said cabinet; clamp support means mounted on said panel clamping said family of electric wire cables on said panel in a fixed cable radius turn relation with the cables in substantially planar side by side relation through the cable lengths in the fixed cable radius turn and under the clamp support means against said panel in a plane substantially parallel to the direction of said module permitted inward and outward movement; and with slack lengths of said cables in said family of electric wire cables running from the connection points of said cables to said module to said clamp support means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
An electronic equipment module cabinet installation, including: electronic equipment module mounting means permitting inward and outward movement of an electronic equipment module; a family of electric wire cables connected to said electronic equipment module; said family of cables at their connection points to said module being in longitudinal alignment in the direction of module permitted inward and outward movement; a panel mounted in said cabinet; clamp support means mounted on said panel clamping said family of electric wire cables on said panel in a fixed cable radius turn relation with the cables in substantially planar side by side relation through the cable lengths in the fixed cable radius turn and under the clamp support means against said panel in a plane substantially parallel to the direction of said module permitted inward and outward movement; and with slack lengths of said cables in said family of electric wire cables running from the connection points of said cables to said module to said clamp support means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
104 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 1, wherein the connection points of said family of cables are through two elongate mating connector elements for each cable with a first connector element mounted to a connector mount plate at the top of said electronic equipment module; a second connector element connected to an end of a cable of said family of cables; and with a plurality of said first elongate connector elements mounted in aligned slanted parallel relation and the slant being from the bottom of each first connector element back to the top in the direction of said module permitted inward movement.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
85 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 2, wherein said electronic equipment module mounting means permitting inward and outward movement of an electronic equipment module includes, cabinet mounted module mounting slide guide means; longitudinally slideable element means in said guide means; inner module position stop means mounted in said cabinet engaged as a stop by an element of said slideable element means; and outer module position stop means mounted in said cabinet engaged as a stop by an element of said slideable element means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 3, wherein said slack lengths of said family of cables are so matched in length and of sufficient lengths to permit the full range of module slid-in slid-out movement with the cable connector elements remaining connected and the cables retaining an aligned side by side relation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
84 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 4, wherein a plurality of said second connector elements are connected individually to cable ends with each cable initially extending from its connection with its individual second connector element upward and back, as a pendant cable, in initially where the cable departs from its said second connector element substantially the same slant established by the slant of said first connector elements when said second connector elements are plugged in mating engagement with said first connector elements.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 5, wherein said connector mount plate is a vertically and longitudinally extended planar plate mounted on said electronic equipment module generally parallel to the direction of said module permitted inward and outward movement.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 6, wherein said cables of said family of cables in addition to initially extending upward and back also extend away from said connector mount plate in a loop to clamped contact with said panel beneath said clamp support means; and with said panel transversely displaced from said connector mount plate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 7, wherein said first and second connector elements are mating elongate multiple pin and multiple socket connectors; and bracket means spanning the plurality of said second connector elements in connector mating retaining contact for a cable family when the bracket is mounted in place on said connector mount plate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
66 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 7, wherein the cables of said family of cables enters the clamped state behind said clamp support means from the slack lengths thereof to extend through said fixed cable radius turn to emerge in upwardly extended side by side cable continuation of said cable family to distributed connection with cabinet contained electronic equipment at various locations displaced therefrom.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
137 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 6, wherein said cabinet mounted module slide guide means includes a lower combination module mount and slide guide assembly with a U shaped channel member mounted in fixed position in said cabinet below said module when the module is in the slid in state; an elongated inverted T shaped member longer than said U shaped channel member with the shank of the T fastened to the bottom portion of said module and the cross of the inverted T shaped member fitted into and guided in relative longitudinal sliding movement by said U shaped channel member; and a sheet of dry lubricant material extended substantially the length of and in the base of said U shaped member providing a slidable supporting base for the cross of said T shaped member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
106 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 10, wherein said cabinet mounted module mounting slide guide means also includes an upper mounting slide guide assembly with spaced apart parallel longitudinally extended slide guide members mounted in fixed position in said cabinet above said module when the module is in the slid in state; said spaced apart parallel longitudinally extended slide guide members being lined with sheets of dry lubricant material extended substantially the longitudinal length of said spaced apart parallel slide guide members; and a module member upper edge slidingly received between said spaced apart parallel slide guide members for longitudinally guided sliding movement therein.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 11, wherein said module member upper edge is the upper edge of said connector mount plate; and with said connector mount plate having a slanted inner end to present greater length at the top and still have a portion between the upper mounted slide guide spaced apart parallel slide guide members.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
67 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 12, wherein said outer module position stop means includes, a stop pin mounted and carried by the inner end portion of said inverted T shaped member; and the inner end of said U shaped channel member in alignment with end portions of said stop pin being the stop therefor when said module is slid to its outermost stop position.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
52 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 13, wherein said inner module position stop means is provided by a stop member mounted in said cabinet to be engaged by the inner end of said inverted T shaped member as it and the module are slid into the innermost module stop position.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 14, wherein a plurality of said electronic equipment modules are mounted in closely spaced high equipment density relation within a cabinet bay.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 15, wherein a plurality of said electronic equipment modules are mounted in closely spaced side by side relation.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
63 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 16, wherein said cabinet bay has front and rear openings with removable front and rear cover panels; there are two back to back rows of closely spaced side by side electronic equipment modules with one row of modules slidable out to the front and with the other row of modules slidable out to the rear.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
90 words
The electronic equipment module cabinet installation of claim 17, wherein there is a family of cables for each module; a plurality of panels mounting said clamp support means one for each of said modules; and with the inverted T shaped members of said lower combination module mount and slide guide assembly of each module projecting from the rear of the module far into the cabinet bay area of the row of modules to the rear of the respective modules when the respective modules are in the slid in limit position.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1977-06-17 | 1977-12-17 | 1978-06-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-06-17 | 1981-12-17 | 1982-06-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-06-17 | 1985-12-17 | 1986-06-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |