Connector housing having a sliding tray with a hingeable portion
CA 2513481 C · Owner: Corning Cable Systems Llc · Inventors: Johnson, John B.; Cooke, Terry L.; Giraud, William J.M.
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A connector housing includes a housing assembly and a tray assembly. The tray assembly being slidably mounted relative to the housing assembly and having a first position within the housing assembly so that the tray assembly is fully inserted within the housing assembly in a stored position. The tray assembly also has a first position beyond an interior of the housing assembly. In the first position a first portion of a tray of the tray assembly is rotatable relative to a second portion of the tray at a hingeable section of the tray thereby allowing easier access to components connections, and/or cables on the tray. In another embodiment the tray assembly is slidable into a rearward …
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- Filed July 26, 2005 and granted December 17, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 26, 2025.
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