Movable Component Mounting in Communication Enclosures for Service Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication system enclosures face challenges in providing easy access to components due to crowded interior spaces, making repairs, upgrades, and growth difficult, and there is a risk of disturbing active components and connectivity during access.
Innovation Solution
A communication system enclosure with movable component attachment portions that allow components to be moved outside the enclosure for enhanced access, featuring a housing portion, component attachment portions, and a mounting portion that supports vertical and lateral movement, with cable clearance to prevent pinching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If components are mounted on a static rear wall or pivot panel inside the enclosure, then the enclosure structure is simple and compact, but the interior space becomes crowded and access to components becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming the static component mounting arrangement into a movable one. The component attachment portion is coupled to the mounting portion through a mechanism that allows it to move between a first position (within the enclosure) and a second position (extending outside the enclosure). This dynamic configuration enables technicians to easily access components by moving the attachment portion outward, while maintaining a compact structure when retracted, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of access and structural simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fiber density is increased to meet expanding connectivity needs, then connectivity capacity is improved, but the interior space of the enclosure becomes congested
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dimensionality change principle by utilizing the space outside the enclosure for component access. Instead of increasing fiber density within the constrained interior space, the component attachment portion extends outward to a second position, effectively using the external dimension for component placement. This allows high fiber density inside the enclosure while maintaining easy access to fibers and connectors through the movable external attachment portion, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and ease of operation.
3Volume of moving object
If the enclosure size is minimized to save space, then space utilization is improved, but the interior space becomes crowded and component access becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by removing the component attachment portion from the fixed interior space and making it movable to an external position. The component attachment portion can be extracted from the enclosure interior to the exterior through the mounting portion mechanism. This allows the enclosure to maintain a compact size while providing adequate access space for components when the attachment portion is moved outward, resolving the contradiction between minimal enclosure volume and ease of component access.
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AI summary
A communication system enclosure structurally configured to provide enhanced access to a communication system component housed in the enclosure for repair and/or replacement. The communication system enclosure may include a housing portion, a component attachment portion structurally configured to support a communication system component within the housing portion, and a mounting portion structurally configured to provide for the component attachment portion to move between a first position where the component attachment portion is positioned within the housing portion and a second position in which the at least a portion of the component attachment portion extends out of the housing portion.