US 7,591,687 B2
Angled patch panel with pitched connector alignment
Jack E. Caveney, Hinsdale, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, Ill. (US)
Filed on May 05, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/114,910.
Application 12/114910 is a continuation of application No. 11/671557, filed on Feb. 06, 2007, granted, now 7,393,243.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/772295, filed on Feb. 10, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0207048 A1, Aug. 28, 2008
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 24/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—676  [439/540.1; 439/541.5] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patch panel mountable to a network rack, comprising:
a frame having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, wherein the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are located at opposite longitudinal ends of the frame;
wherein the frame includes a first panel section adjacent to the first mounting portion and a second panel section adjacent to the second mounting portion, wherein the first panel section and the second panel section are angled relative to each other;
wherein the first panel section comprises a first row of connector openings aligned along a first pitch line, wherein the first pitch line is at a first acute angle with respect to the longitudinal length of the first panel section, and wherein the first pitch line and the longitudinal length of the first panel section are coplanar; and
wherein the second panel section comprises a second row of connector openings aligned along a second pitch line, wherein the second pitch line is at a second acute angle with respect to the longitudinal length of the second panel section, and wherein the second pitch line and the longitudinal length of the second panel section are coplanar.