CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201911153321.4, filed on Nov. 22, 2019, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the technical field of a communication device, and more particularly to a communication patch panel and a communication rack system.

BACKGROUND ART

Communication patch panels are well known in the technical field of a communication device. A communication patch panel may integrate many communication ports into a single element that may connect input and output lines of a communication system. A typical communication patch panel comprises a panel body having two ends as well as a front side and a rear side, wherein the two ends are configured for connection with communication racks, the front side is configured for connection with the input lines, and the rear side is configured for connection with the output lines.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication patch panel that enables improved versatility of the communication patch panel. Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication rack system having such a communication patch panel.

Accordingly, a communication patch panel is proposed. The communication patch panel includes a panel body having two ends as well as a front side and a rear side. The communication patch panel includes two fittings, each of which is configured to be mounted on a communication rack and to be detachably connected to one of the ends of the panel body, wherein each of the fittings provides multiple transverse positions for the detachable connection.

By way of a plurality of mounting positions for each of the two ends of the panel body on the respective fittings, many positionings of the panel body may be realized, so that a desired positioning may be flexibly selected from these positionings. For example, by appropriately selecting a mounting position for each of the two ends of the panel body on the two fittings, it is possible to realize a position of the panel body in parallel with respect to a width direction of the rack or a position inclined with respect to the width direction of the rack.

In some embodiments, each of the fittings may include multiple mounting holes.

In some embodiments, the plurality of mounting holes may be distributed in a transverse direction.

In some embodiments, the plurality of mounting holes may be uniformly distributed in the transverse direction in the respective fittings.

In some embodiments, the fittings may include an elongated hole extending in a transverse direction, which may provide a plurality of predetermined transverse positions or continuous arbitrary transverse positions. The elongated hole may be provided with a scale by which a current transverse position may be clearly known.

In some embodiments, the number of the mounting holes in each of the fittings may be two, three, four, or more.

In some embodiments, the two fittings may have the same layout of mounting holes.

In some embodiments, the mounting holes of the two fittings may be mirror symmetrical to each other.

In some embodiments, the detachable connection may be a bolted connection.

In some embodiments, the detachable connection may be achieved by a locking element, wherein the locking element is moveable between a locked position in which the detachable connection is locked, and an unlocked position in which the detachable connection is released.

In some embodiments, the detachable connection may be achieved in the form of a snap-fit connection by a snap-fit element.

In some embodiments, the panel body may include a bolt hole for receiving a bolt.

In some embodiments, the bolt head of the bolt and the bolt hole may have spherical surfaces mated with each other. By these spherical surfaces, it is possible to vary the orientation of the bolt head so that the bolted connection can be easily established.

In some embodiments, the plurality of mounting holes may be threaded holes with internal threads so that a separate nut may be spared.

In some embodiments, the communication patch panel may include a compensation element configured to fill a gap between one of the ends of the panel body and a respective fitting at an inclined position of the panel body. In the inclined position of the panel body with respect to the fitting, a favorable visual impression of the overall communication patch panel may be achieved by the compensation element.

In some embodiments, the compensation element may be a wedge.

In some embodiments, the compensation element may be a hinge, which may include a hinge shaft as well as a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm connected to each other by the hinge shaft, wherein the first hinge arm is configured for connection with a respective end of the panel body, and the second hinge arm is configured for connection with a respective fitting.

In some embodiments, the compensation element may be a movable member.

In some embodiments, the movable member is drawable and rotatable with respect to a respective end of the panel body.

In some embodiments, the movable member may include a first portion drawable with respect to a respective end of the panel body and a second portion that is hinged to the first portion for connection with a respective fitting.

In some embodiments, each of the fittings may be an L-shaped member, one arm of which is configured to be mounted on the communication rack, and the other arm of which is detachably connected to a respective end of the panel body.

In some embodiments, the panel body may include an integral linear frame or include two angled frame elements that are hinged to each other.

There is also claimed a communication rack system comprising two racks opposed to one another and at least one communication patch panel according to the present invention.

It is to be noted that, various technical features recited in the present application may be randomly combined with each other as long as they are not contradictory to one another. All combinations of features that are technically feasible are the technical contents contained in the present application.

