Telecommunications patching systems with vertically-oriented patching modules
A telecommunications patching system includes: a carrier having a horizontally disposed member with longitudinal slots; and at least one patching module. The module includes: a generally vertically disposed main panel; a plurality of connectors mounted on the main panel, the connectors configured to receive and interconnect patch cords; and a guide member connected with the main panel and received in one of the longitudinal slots of the carrier. The module is slidable relative to the carrier along a path defined by the slot between an access position, in which a front portion of the main panel slides forward so that the plurality of connectors are accessible to a technician, and a non-access position, in which the plurality of connectors are not accessible to a technician.
1. A telecommunication assembly, comprising:
a frame having a pair of uprights;
a carrier having a horizontally disposed member with longitudinal slots, the carrier mounted on the uprights of the frame;
at least one patching module, the module comprising:
a generally vertically disposed main panel and a bottom panel, the bottom panel having a cutout area;
a plurality of connectors mounted on the main panel, the connectors configured to receive and interconnect patch cords; and
a guide member connected with the main panel and received in one of the longitudinal slots of the carrier;
a cord trough positioned below the patching module;
a plurality of patch cords, each of the patch cords being connected to a respective one of the connectors, wherein the patch cords are routed rearwardly from the connectors through the cutout area into the cord trough;
a plurality of cords, each of the cords being connected to a respective one of the connectors, wherein the cords are routed forwardly from the connectors, then rearwardly out of the module through the rear;
wherein the module is slidable relative to the carrier along a path defined by the slot between an access position, in which a front portion of the main panel slides forward so that the plurality of connectors are accessible to a technician, and a non-access position, in which the plurality of connectors are not accessible to a technician.
2. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the module includes a front panel adapted to receive a label.
3. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of slots comprises inwardly-extending lips, and wherein the guide member of the module includes outwardly-extending wings that fit within the slot above the lips.
4. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the at least one module is a plurality of modules, and wherein the modules are substantially horizontally aligned with each other in the non-access position.
5. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the carrier and the module together have a height of about 3 U.
6. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the horizontally disposed member is located above the patching module, such that the patching module is suspended from the horizontally disposed member.
7. The assembly defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connectors are mounted in a front end portion of the main panel.
8. The assembly defined in claim 7 , wherein the module includes a fiber guide mounted in the rear end portion of the main panel.