Optical waveguides – Accessories – Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-21
2010-10-19
Connelly Cushwa, Michelle R (Department: 2874)
Optical waveguides
Accessories
Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers
C439S096000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07817894
ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber cable management panel includes drawer assemblies, each including a drawer slidable within a chassis. The chassis incorporates a grounding point, and the drawer assemblies are electrically connected to the grounding point by a grounding strap. The grounding strap flexes to allow the slidable movement of the drawer relative to the chassis. The strap may be folded one or more times. The strap may be bolted, welded, or otherwise conductively and non-rotatably affixed at each end to the drawer and the chassis so as to maintain a constant position within the assembly and a constant electrical connection between the drawer and the grounding point.
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Ex. A, Photograph of a ADC Telecommunications, Inc. Door Grounding (typical round insulated wire with crimped-on terminals used to provide a solid grounding path from an enclosure door to the frame or cabinet), 1 Page (Date Unknown).
Ex. B, Photograph of a ADC Telecommunications, Inc. Door Grounding (heavier duty version of Ex. A with heavier terminals), 1 Page (Date Unknown).
Ex. C, Chomerics, div. of Parker Hannifin Corp., “Cho-Strap Insulated Ground Strap—Technical Bulletin 203”, 1999, 1 Page.
Ex. D, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Ground Strap Types, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-3.
Ex. E. American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Ground Wires—Tinned & Bare Copper, Printed Mar. 31, 2006, pp. 1-21.
Ex. F, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Flat Nickel Plated Copper Ground Straps With Tinned Copper (TC) Crimp Terminals, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-35.
Ex. G, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Tubular Stainless Steel Ground Straps With Tinned Copper (SS) Crimp Terminals, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-19.
Ex. H, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Solid Flat 304 Stainless Steel Grounding Straps—With Heat/No Heat Shrink Overlay, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ex. I, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—304 Stainless Steel Grounding Straps—All Straps Measured Hole Center to Hole Center, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ex. J, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Tinned Copper Grounding Straps—All Straps Measured Hole Center to Hole Center, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ex. K, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Bare & Sold Copper Straps—Sold Round, Flat & Tubular Copper, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-4.
Ex. L, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Copper Grounding Strips—Low Impedance, Reduced EMI Radiation (Made of Flexible Solid Copper Strip With Solder Dipped Ends and Punched Holes on Both Ends), Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-3.
Ex. M, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Tubular Tinned Copper Grounding Straps—With Heat/No Heat Shrink Overlay, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ex. N, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Flat Tinned Copper Grounding Straps—With Heat/No Heat Shrink Overlay, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ex. O, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Large Flat Tinned Copper Grounding Straps—With Heat/No Heat Shrink Overlay, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, p. 1.
Ex. P, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Custom Ground Strap Design, Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-10.
Ex. Q, American Grounding Systems, Inc., Web Page—Metal Braids—Available Braid Stocks (Bare Copper, Tinned Copper, Nickel Plated Copper, Stainless Steel, Aluminum), Printed Mar. 1, 2006, pp. 1-7.
ADC Telecommunications Inc.
Connelly Cushwa Michelle R
Merchant & Gould P.C.
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