Patent ID: 6127631
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A chassis having cable management features, the chassis comprising:a frame for holding communication modules, the communication modules having cables coupled to front surfaces thereof;cable tunnels formed beneath the frame, the cable tunnels each defining an aperture associated with one of said communication modules,cable guides, each defining an opening associated with one of said communication modules, wherein said cables are coupled to one of said communicaton modules and can be routed through said cable tunnel associated with one of said communication modules and then through said cable guide associated with one of said communication modules, wherein the cable tunnels and cable guides route said cables coupled to their ones of said associated communication modules into groups, each of said groups associated with one of said communication modules;a base that is substantially planar, that includes top and bottom surfaces, and that has two opposing edges partially defining boundaries of the base, andrails formed at the two opposing edges of the base, wherein the rails are substantially perpendicular to the base and extend upward from the base;wherein the chassis includes front, middle, and back regions, and wherein the cable tunnels are formed in said middle region of the chassis between the rails.