Thomas W Kampf

US Patent:

6470129, Oct 22, 2002

Filed:

Oct 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/684643

Inventors:

Michael J. Wentworth - Belle Plaine MN
Brian L. Johnson - Maple Grove MN
Wayne Johnson - Rosemount MN
Thomas W. Kampf - Minnetonka MN
John Van Scoy - Shakopee MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G02B 600

US Classification:

385134

Abstract:

A modular cable management trough system and method of assembly. Cable management trough includes a trough body having first and second terminal ends, first and second upright walls extending between the first and second terminal ends, and a base wall between the first and second upright walls, extending between the first and second terminal ends. The first and second upright walls and the base wall define a generally U-shaped trough having an open top and a trough interior for receiving at least one telecommunications cable. The trough body defines a receiving channel at the first end of the trough body. The channel has upright portions along the first and second upright walls and a base portion along the base wall. The channel may slidably receive a flanged end of an adjacent trough section in order to couple the adjacent trough section to modular trough section.

US Patent:

6512875, Jan 28, 2003

Filed:

Oct 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/680866

Inventors:

Brian L. Johnson - Maple Grove MN
Mathew D. Ferris - Chaska MN
Joel T. Fisher - South St. Paul MN
Wayne Johnson - Rosemount MN
Thomas W. Kampf - Minnetonka MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G02B 610

US Classification:

385134, 2482284

Abstract:

A coupling and assembly for a cable routing system, the system having trough members with flanged ends. The coupling includes a U-shaped rib having a rail on an exterior surface of the rib. The coupling also includes a pivoting clamp pivotally coupled to the rib near a first end of the clamp so that the clamp may be pivoted between an open and a closed position. The clamp has a contoured clamping surface which is contoured to retain the flanged ends of adjacent troughs against the rail and the external surface of the rib when the pivoting clamp is in the closed position. The clamp also includes retention means which cooperate with retention means on the rib to releasably retain the clamp in its closed position.

US Patent:

6522823, Feb 18, 2003

Filed:

Nov 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/707182

Inventors:

Michael J. Wentworth - Belle Plaine MN
Wayne Giesen - Waconia MN
Brian L. Johnson - Maple Grove MN
Wayne Albin Johnson - Rosemount MN
Thomas Walter Kampf - Minnetonka MN
John Van Scoy - Shakopee MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G02B 600

US Classification:

385134

Abstract:

A low profile cable exit trough including an arch-wall with a sidewall portion. A projecting member extends from a concave surface of the arch-wall and is spaced from the sidewall portion to receive a top end of an upstanding side of a lateral trough therebetween. The arch-wall passes through the plane occupied by the upstanding side of the lateral trough at a significant angle, i. e. greater than or equal to 15 degrees, in order to allow for a lower profile above the lateral trough.

US Patent:

6535683, Mar 18, 2003

Filed:

Oct 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/680779

Inventors:

Wayne Johnson - Rosemount MN
Brian L. Johnson - Maple Grove MN
Thomas W. Kampf - Minnetonka MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN
Michael J. Wentworth - Belle Plaine MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G02B 600

US Classification:

385136, 385134, 385135, 385137

Abstract:

A cable exit trough with pivoting cover. The cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough. The exit trough may define an insert aperture for receiving modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough.

US Patent:

6585195, Jul 1, 2003

Filed:

Apr 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/842518

Inventors:

Mike Wentworth - Belle Plaine MN
Thomas W. Kampf - Minnetonka MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN
Pat Nault - Carver MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

F16L 302

US Classification:

248 49, 248 681

Abstract:

A curved telescoping trough assembly and method of assembly. The assembly includes first and second trough members. Each trough member includes two upstanding sidewalls extending from a base defining a generally U-shaped trough having an open top and a trough interior for receiving at least one telecommunications cable defining a cable pathway. The sidewalls or the base of the trough members may be curved to create a curved cable pathway. The first trough member having an end which slidably receives an end of the second trough member and a portion of the second trough member so that the trough members create a combined angled cable pathway. The size of the portion of the second trough member received by the first trough member is variable so that the trough assembly may be selectively set at a third angle from a range of angles.

US Patent:

6597854, Jul 22, 2003

Filed:

Dec 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/745299

Inventors:

Timothy Jon Haataja - Prior Lake MN
Thomas Walter Kampf - Minnetonka MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G02B 600

US Classification:

385136, 385134, 385135, 385137

Abstract:

A cable exit trough is mountable to a lateral trough section either during initial assembly of the cable routing system, or at a later date. The exit trough includes a bracket portion mountable to the top edge of one of the sides of the lateral trough section. Two lead-ins are provided to lead the cable in an upward direction from the lateral trough section to the exit trough. The exit trough includes an exit trough portion extending from the bracket portion upwardly away from the lateral: trough section. The exit trough portion includes a convexly curved bottom trough surface, and two convexly curved upstanding sides. The exit trough portion and the lead-ins define a cable pathway from the lateral trough section to an exit point of the exit trough portion which can either lead downwardly relative to the lateral trough section, or horizontally.

US Patent:

6625373, Sep 23, 2003

Filed:

Oct 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/680700

Inventors:

Michael J. Wentworth - Belle Plaine MN
Brian L. Johnson - Maple Grove MN
Wayne Johnson - Rosemount MN
Thomas W. Kampf - Minnetonka MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

G02B 600

US Classification:

385134

Abstract:

A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough. The exit trough may also include an exit cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough.

US Patent:

6631875, Oct 14, 2003

Filed:

Sep 26, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/669279

Inventors:

Thomas W. Kampf - Minnetonka MN
Mathew D. Ferris - Chaska MN
Joel T. Fisher - South St. Paul MN
Timothy J. Haataja - Prior Lake MN
Brian L. Johnson - Maple Grove MN
Wayne Johnson - Rosemount MN
Alex Watts - Minnetonka MN

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

F16L 322

US Classification:

248 681, 138157, 174101, D13155

Abstract:

A telecommunications cable management system includes a planar base element including a planar top surface and side edges. Side elements are mounted with a mating arrangement to the base element. The side elements may include one or more of the following: upstanding wall portions, side exits extending horizontally, and downspouts. The base elements and the upstanding wall portions may have a continuous cross-section, and can be cut to the desired length for the cable management system. The downspout and side exit elements may also include multiple components wherein a central section of each can be cut to the desired width.