US 11,695,260 B2
Telecommunications enclosure with a separate mountable hinge
Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt (BE); Pieter Doultremont, Kermt-Hasselt (BE); Johan Geens, Bunsbeek (BE); and Robert A. Roach, Garner, NC (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/251,713
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036713
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241347, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,895, filed on Jun. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,003, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0119424 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H02B 1/38 (2006.01); H05K 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/38 (2013.01) [G02B 6/445 (2013.01); G02B 6/4444 (2013.01); H05K 5/061 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telecommunications enclosure arrangement, comprising:
(a) an enclosure having a plurality of sidewalls, a base, and a cover connected to the base, the base and the cover cooperating to define an interior region, the cover being adapted for movement between an open position and a closed position;
(b) a plurality of spaced latches disposed on the plurality of sidewalls of the enclosure for securing the base and the cover together in the closed position; and
(c) a hinge that is a separate piece from the cover and the base, the hinge being adapted to be mounted on at least one of the plurality of sidewalls of the enclosure for hingedly coupling the cover to the base, the hinge including:
(i) a first member being adapted to mount to the cover of the enclosure and including an anchoring plate with flanges on opposing sides thereof for sliding engagement with slots defined in the cover to provide a connection therebetween; and
(ii) a second member being adapted to mount to the base of the enclosure, the second member including a pivot pin configured to pivot the cover about an axis of rotation between the open position and the closed position, the second member being configured to accommodate translation of the cover with respect to the base upon pivoting the cover to the closed position to compress a seal positioned along a sealing surface of the enclosure and including a pivoting arm that extends downwardly in a direction parallel to the anchoring plate, the pivoting arm having a distal end including the pivot pin adapted to slidably engage a channel defined in the base.