US 12,284,780 B2
Managing cables in fiber installation
John Paul Anderson, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Jason Mikel Bautista, Mayer, MN (US); Paula Lockhart, New Prague, MN (US); Kamlesh G. Patel, Chanhassen, MN (US); Michael J. Wentworth, Belle Plaine, MN (US); William J. Young, Plano, TX (US); and Scott C. Sievers, Jordan, MN (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,281.
Application 18/061,281 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/035453, filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,636, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189468 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1491 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3897 (2013.01); G02B 6/4452 (2013.01); G02B 6/4457 (2013.01); G02B 6/4459 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communications system comprising:
a rack;
a switch cabinet mounted to the rack;
a plurality of server cabinets mounted to the rack;
a fiber raceway installed over the rack;
a plurality of distribution modules mounted along the fiber raceway, each distribution module being positioned over a respective one of the server cabinets;
a plurality of first cables routed directly from switches in the switch cabinet to the distribution modules; and
a plurality of second cables routed directly from the distribution modules down to servers in the respective server cabinets.