Patents Assigned to Panduit Corp.
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Publication number: 20260343782Abstract: A sliding patch panel assembly including a patch panel and locking brackets. The patch panel has a front member with a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a first end, and a second end. A first arm extends from the back of the first end of the front member and a second arm extends from the back of the second end of the front member. A flange extends away from the front member at the first end and at the second end. The locking brackets slidingly engaging the first arm and second arm. The locking brackets are releasably secured to the flanges to allow the front member to slide away from the locking brackets.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2025Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Roman J. Churnovic
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Publication number: 20260339060Abstract: A tethered FAP assembly has a trunk cable assembly, a plurality of connectors connected to the trunk cable assembly, a plurality of FAPs attached to the connectors and trunk cable assembly wherein each FAP has a FAP base and a cable hold down to secure cables of the trunk assembly to the FAP base. In one embodiment, the tethered FAP assembly can further include fasteners the secure the plurality of FAPs together to aid in pulling the tethered FAP assembly in an overhead pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2025Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Alex C. Brouwer
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Publication number: 20260329020Abstract: A high-density fiber cassette and enclosure for installing the cassette are part of a cable management system. The cassette provides a more efficient design enabling installation of additional fiber connecter adapters, thus resulting in high fiber connector density within a given RU space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2026Publication date: October 22, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Thomas M. Sedor, Benjamin J. Berridge, Max W. Hibner, Gregory L. Kuffel
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Publication number: 20260312391Abstract: A protection sleeve assembly including at least two half sleeves are provided for protecting elongated objects, such as cables, from abrasion and environmental conditions. The protection sleeves are molded from a pliable material to include integrated latches and latch openings for mating two half sleeves together around the elongated object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2026Publication date: October 8, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Philip W. Seils, David J. Sylvester
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Publication number: 20260309952Abstract: A fiber management system includes a tray and a plurality of cassettes. The tray includes a set of rails and a tray body that is slidable along the set of rails. The tray body has a longitudinal portion extending in parallel with the set of rails and a lateral portion extending with an opening that provides access to the tray. Each of the cassettes has a plurality of ports at a first side of the cassette to support fiber optic connectors, and the plurality of cassettes are arranged on the tray with the first sides facing at least a portion of the longitudinal portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2026Publication date: October 8, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Brian L. Kelly, Kevin A. Marley, Jerry A. Wiltjer, Richard A. Marcus, Matthew C. Isoda, Frederick R. Wilson
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Publication number: 20260303206Abstract: A fiber optic cable is provided that includes active tracing features that enable active tracing for the fibers included in the fiber optic cable. By including such tracing features to the fiber optic cable, the fiber tracing process is made more efficient and less prone to human errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2026Publication date: October 1, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Yu Huang, Jose M. Castro, Alexander Z. Duan, Bulent Kose
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Publication number: 20260304676Abstract: A cabinet system includes a cabinet frame, an equipment rail, and an angular rail mount. The cabinet frame includes a plurality of rails defining an interior space to house computing equipment. The equipment rail is connected to the cabinet frame in the interior space and extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cabinet frame. The angular rail mount includes a first fastening member connected to the equipment rail and a second fastening member adapted to connect to a cabinet distribution equipment. The second fastening member is angularly offset from the first fastening member to have a virtual plane defined by the second fastening member intersecting virtual orthogonal planes of the cabinet frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2026Publication date: October 1, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Ryan N. Murphy, Eric Beaupre, Surendra Chitti Babu
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Publication number: 20260291469Abstract: A high voltage pulse power delivery system is provided that includes dedicated safety features including fault detection and fault management. Alongside normal communications cabling, the pulse power delivery system provides remote power over standard multi-conductor cabling without dedicated conduit or separation. This simplifies installation of equipment, increases overall speed of deployment, and significantly reduces cost for deployment. The pulse power delivery system is further configured to transport power through a pulse current waveform.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2026Publication date: September 24, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Masud Bolouri-Saransar, William W. Kidd, Walid Balid
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Publication number: 20260276060Abstract: A ball locking cleat including a housing, a strap configured to be positioned within the lower aperture, the upper aperture, or both, and a locking ball configured to be positioned within the ball locking portion and couple to the strap. The housing may include a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a first side, a second side, and a divider. The housing is configured to define an interior space that may include a lower aperture positioned between the bottom and the divider, an upper aperture positioned between the divider and the top, and a ball lock portion extending from the upper aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2026Publication date: September 17, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Andrew W. Booth, Michael R. Stabrawa, Rodney G. Rouleau, Nicholas M. Molenhouse
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Publication number: 20260270595Abstract: An apparatus having a plurality of multifiber connector interfaces, where some of these multifiber connector interfaces can connect to network equipment in a network using multifiber cables, has an internal mesh implemented in two tiers. The first is configured to rearrange and the second is configured to recombine individual fiber of the different fiber groups. The light path of each transmitter and receiver is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers and complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to point interconnections, where N=number of channels per multifiber connector interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2026Publication date: September 10, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Jose M. Castro, Richard J. Pimpinella, Bulent Kose, Yu Huang
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Publication number: 20260259373Abstract: A multi-section termination hybrid connector assembly is provided. The multi-section termination hybrid connector includes a multi-section termination design for improving strength and stability for the connection point of where a hybrid cable is being terminated with the hybrid connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2026Publication date: September 3, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Yu Huang, Thomas M. Sedor, Jose M. Castro, Satish I. Patel, Ryan N. Murphy, Bulent Kose, Frank J. Dundek
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Patent number: 12723679Abstract: A swivel spacer comprises a first component and a second component rotatably connected with respect to each other. Wherein, the first component comprises thereon two first central anchors with a first central contact surface formed therebetween, a first left anchor provided on the left side of the first component with a first left contact surface formed between one of the first central anchors on the left side and the first left anchor, and a first right anchor provided on the right side of the first component with a first right contact surface formed between one of the first central anchors on the right side and the first right anchor. The second component can include a structure similar to that of the first component, the swivel spacer with such structure can be adapted to elongated members, such as wires, wire bundles, tubes and the like, with various sizes.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Shigui Zhang
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Publication number: 20260251845Abstract: Apparatuses having a plurality of optical duplex and parallel connector adapters, such as MPO connectors and LC adapters, where some adapters connect to network equipment in a network and others to servers or processing units such as GPUs, incorporate internal photonic circuit with a mesh. The light path of each transmitter and receivers is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers, wherein complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2026Publication date: August 27, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Jose M. Castro, Richard J. Pimpinella, Bulent Kose, Yu Huang, Ronald A. Nordin, Robert A. Reid
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Publication number: 20260251877Abstract: A fiber optic splice tray with a splice support system has a splice tray and a splice support system. The splice support system includes a buffer tube lock with a tube holder attached to the tray base and wherein the tube lock further includes a latch attached via a hinge to the tube holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2025Publication date: August 27, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Kevin M. Zumbek, Olga Khavarivska
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Publication number: 20260254485Abstract: A wireless communication system with an automatic alignment function has at least one transmitter and receiver designed to facilitate the transmission of a wireless communication. The system has at least one LED placed adjacent to the at least one receiver, a laser attached to the transmitter, and a reflective surface placed near the at least one receiver. The system also has a camera deployed with the at least one transmitter wherein the camera is positioned to monitor an impact from a beam from the laser on the reflective surface. The camera further records a spot from the impact of the beam and a spotlight source from the LEDs and wherein the camera computes a disparity from the laser beam spot and the receiver via the spotlight source of the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2025Publication date: August 27, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Yu Huang, Jose M. Castro, Thomas M. Kovanic, Bulent Kose
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Patent number: 12712526Abstract: A high voltage pulse power delivery system is provided that includes dedicated safety features including fault detection and fault management. Alongside normal communications cabling, the pulse power delivery system provides remote power over standard multi-conductor cabling without dedicated conduit or separation. This simplifies installation of equipment, increases overall speed of deployment, and significantly reduces cost for deployment. The pulse power delivery system is further configured to transport power through a pulse current waveform.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Masud Bolouri-Saransar, William W. Kidd, Walid Balid
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Patent number: 12713550Abstract: An equipment rail mounted in a data center cabinet to support rack mounted equipment in the data center cabinet. The equipment rail includes a first section and a second section. A finger mounting bracket is secured to the second section of the equipment rail. The finger mounting bracket has a first member with sidewalls and a second member parallel to the first member. The distal ends of the sidewalls engage the equipment rail to form an open area between the first member and the second section of the equipment rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Tomasz K. Waz
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Publication number: 20260227006Abstract: A cable protection system is provided that includes mating features for enabling efficient and effective assembly around a cable to be protected. The mating features provide specified hold strengths and releasable features for enabling installers to release the mating features as desired at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2026Publication date: August 6, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Rodney G. Rouleau, Francis C. Cheo, Joseph D. Cicero, Nicholas M. Molenhouse, Kevin L. Nelson, Nahee Park, Chulmin Park, Jung Hoon Shin, Jian Sun, David J. Sylvester, Steven A. Szczyrk, Mary G. Treacy
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Publication number: 20260229808Abstract: A modular multi-tap system has a plurality of modules wherein each module of the plurality of modules has a metallic inner housing and a plastic outer housing. The plastic outer housing leaves the sides of the inner housing uncovered and has dovetail features which enable modules to be connected to each other in a manner that allows the uncovered sides of the inner housing to make metal-to-metal contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2025Publication date: August 6, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Andrew Crouse, Jonathan Thompson
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Publication number: 20260229810Abstract: A modular multi-tap system has a plurality of modules wherein each module of the plurality of modules has a conductive metal block and an insulating housing. The insulating housing leaves the sides of uncovered. The conductive metal block has a common power conductor thru-hole which allows multiple modules to be ganged together by inserting the power common conductor through the thru-holes of all of the modules and then be engaged by setscrews in the modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2026Publication date: August 6, 2026Applicant: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Andrew Crouse, Jonathan Thompson, Thuc K. Vu, Rodney G. Rouleau, Janina B. Nebes, Philip W. Seils, David J. Sylvester