Carrier and an assembly including a carrier and a telecommunications module

Abstract

A carrier useful in the field of telecommunications to which a plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable. The carrier includes at least one spacer adapted to create a wire or cable slack by spacing the wires or cables from that part of the carrier on which the spacer is provided. An assembly comprising at least one carrier and at least one telecommunications module is also disclosed.

1 . A carrier to which a plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable, the carrier comprising at least one spacer adapted to create slack in a wire or cable by spacing the wires or cables from the part of the carrier on which the spacer is provided.  
   
   
       2 . The carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the plurality of telecommunications modules are mountable to be pivotable about a pivot axis relative to the carrier.  
   
   
       3 . The carrier according to  claim 2  wherein a hinge pin forms the pivot axis.  
   
   
       4 . The carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier has an interior with at the most two open sides and the spacer is provided in the interior of the carrier.  
   
   
       5 . The carrier according to  claim 1  wherein the carrier has a trough-like cross-section with a bottom and at least one sidewall and the spacer is provided on a sidewall.  
   
   
       6 . The carrier according to  claim 1  further comprising at least one guiding hook.  
   
   
       7 . The carrier according to  claim 2  wherein at least one guiding hook is provided near the pivot axis.  
   
   
       8 . An assembly comprising at least one carrier according to  claim 1  and at least one telecommunications module.  
   
   
       9 . The assembly according to  claim 8  wherein a guiding hook is provided on the telecommunications module.  
   
   
       10 . A telecommunications module comprising a hinge part adapted to receive a hinge pin for forming a hinge and for mounting the telecommunications module to a carrier in a pivotable manner, wherein the hinge part is adapted to guide wires or cables.  
   
   
       11 . The telecommunications module according to  claim 10  wherein the hinge part is furcated and comprises at least two legs.  
   
   
       12 . The telecommunications module according to  claim 11  wherein at least one leg is formed by two leg portions which are adapted to enclose the hinge pin.  
   
   
       13 . An assembly of at least one carrier and at least one telecommunications module according to  claim 10 .  
   
   
       14 . The assembly according to  claim 13  wherein the carrier has at least one guiding hook.  
   
   
       15 . The assembly according to  claim 14  wherein the guiding hook is provided near the hinge.  
   
   
       16 . The assembly according to  claim 13  further having at least one splitter module.  
   
   
       17 . The assembly according to  claim 13  wherein the carrier has a bottom in which, as seen in a cross-section, a U-shaped portion is formed.  
   
   
       18 . The assembly according to  claim 17  wherein a width and/or a depth of the U-shaped portion is small compared to a width or a depth, respectively, of the bottom.  
   
   
       19 . A method of connecting wires or cables with a telecommunications module wherein the telecommunications module has a hinge part and the method comprises guiding the wires or cables through the hinge part.  
   
   
       20 . The method according to  claim 19  wherein the wires or cables are additionally guided through at least one guiding hook provided on the telecommunications module and/or a carrier adapted to mount the telecommunications module thereon.  
   
   
       21 . The method according to  claim 19  wherein the wires or cables are additionally guided through a U-shaped portion provided in a bottom of a carrier adapted to mount telecommunications modules thereon.