Movable Adapter Holder for Space-Limited Fiber Optic Enclosures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fiber optic enclosures have limited space constraints that hinder technicians' ability to install, clean, or manage fiber optic connectors and cables effectively due to space limitations.
Innovation Solution
A telecommunications box design featuring a pivotally coupled housing system with a removable adapter holder that allows for a movable adapter panel and inner cover configuration, providing improved access to fiber optic components by transitioning between stowed and raised positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the fiber optic enclosure is designed with a maximum size to reduce space constraints, then the footprint and volume of the box are minimized, but the working room for technicians is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter holder is designed with a movable configuration that allows it to be repositioned between a first position (flush with the rear wall) and a second position (extended outward). This dynamic adjustment enables the adapter holder to provide additional working room for technicians when needed, while maintaining a compact footprint when not in use, thus resolving the contradiction between minimized box volume and adequate technician working room.
2Area of stationary object
If the adapter holder is fixed in position, then the box maintains a compact footprint, but the technician has limited access to adapters for installation, cleaning, or maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter holder is designed with a movable configuration that allows it to be repositioned between a first position (flush with the rear wall) and a second position (extended outward). This dynamic adjustment enables the adapter holder to provide additional working room for technicians when needed, while maintaining a compact footprint when not in use, thus resolving the contradiction between minimized box volume and adequate technician working room.
3Ease of operation
If the adapter holder is extended to provide more working room, then technician access is improved, but the box footprint and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter holder is designed with a movable configuration that allows it to be repositioned between a first position (flush with the rear wall) and a second position (extended outward). This dynamic adjustment enables the adapter holder to provide additional working room for technicians when needed, while maintaining a compact footprint when not in use, thus resolving the contradiction between minimized box volume and adequate technician working room.
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AI summary
A telecommunications box includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion pivotally coupled with the first housing portion, an adapter panel removably coupled with the first housing portion, and an inner cover pivotally coupled with the first housing portion and removably coupled with the adapter panel. The adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the first housing so as to be pivotal with the inner cover relative to the first housing portion to a raised configuration that provides a technician with improved access to the adapter panel, and the adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the inner cover while remaining coupled with the first housing portion in a stowed configuration.