US 12,392,978 B2
Telecommunication enclosure
Johan Geens, Bunsbeek (BE); Eddy Luc Cams, Bilzen (BE); William Alan Carrico, Raleigh, NC (US); Bart Mattie Claessens, Hasselt (BE); and Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on May 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,008.
Application 18/669,008 is a continuation of application No. 17/425,231, granted, now 12,019,298, previously published as PCT/US2020/014620, filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,034, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,301, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0385408 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4454 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4447 (2013.01); G02B 6/445 (2013.01); G02B 6/4452 (2013.01); G02B 6/44524 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure comprising:
a housing including first and second housing parts that cooperate to enclose an interior of the housing, the first and second housing parts being moveable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position;
a perimeter seal defined between the first and second housing parts when the first and second housing parts are in the closed position;
the first housing part including a main wall and a perimeter wall that projects from the main wall, wherein the perimeter wall includes first and second sidewall portions respectively at first and second sides of the housing, wherein the first and second sidewall portions are separated by a width of the housing, wherein plate retention tabs are unitarily formed with the first and second sidewall portions, wherein the enclosure includes a component mounting plate sized to extend across the width of the housing, wherein the component mounting plate is retained at the main wall at a component plate mounting location within the interior of the housing; and
wherein the main wall defines a plate recess for receiving the component mounting plate, wherein the plate retention tabs include ramp surfaces that angle from the first and second sidewall portions into the interior of the housing as the ramp surfaces extend in a direction toward the main wall, wherein the ramp surfaces terminate at shoulder portions that oppose the main wall, wherein the shoulder portions retain the component mounting plate within the plate recess.