Patent ID: 7463812
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G02B,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A facility arrangement, comprising: a) a telecommunications rack; b) an overhead cable pathway structure located above the telecommunications rack; c) a plurality of first cables running along the overhead cable pathway structure; d) equipment mounted on the telecommunications rack, the equipment being located beneath the overhead cable pathway structure; e) a cable termination device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure, the cable termination device including a plurality of adapters mounted outside of a cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure, wherein cables exiting the overhead cable pathway structure are terminated to the adapters of the device mounted to the overhead cable pathway structure; and f) a plurality of second cables interconnected to the adapters of the cable termination device, the plurality of second cables extending generally downward from the overhead cable pathway structure to the equipment located beneath the overhead cable pathway structure.