US 7,585,034 B2
Power distribution panel with modular inserts
Carlos Cabrera, Ciudad Juarez (Mexico); Delfino Hernandez, Juarez (Mexico); and David J. Johnsen, New Hope, Minn. (US)
Assigned to ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/331,857.
Application 11/331857 is a continuation of application No. 10/319456, filed on Dec. 13, 2002, granted, now 7,005,996.
Prior Publication US 2006/0209475 A1, Sep. 21, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47B 88/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 312—350  [312/330.1; 174/51; 211/26; 361/727] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis for a power distribution panel comprising:
a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, and a rear wall cooperating to define an interior and a front opening into the interior, the rear wall including a plurality of openings;
a common ground post mounted to the rear wall;
an outer guide rail within the interior adjacent each side, accessible through the front opening and extending from adjacent the front opening toward the rear wall;
a central support extending from the top to the bottom across the front opening midway between the opposing sides and dividing the front opening into a first half and a second half;
a pair of inner guide rails within the interior extending from adjacent the front opening toward the rear wall, one opposing and parallel to each outer guide rail, one of the inner guide rails accessible through the first half of the front opening and one of the inner guide rails accessible through the second half of the front opening.