公开(公告)号：US20250120025A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18377165

申请日：2023-10-05

Applicant: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

Inventor： William G. MAHONEY ,  Brendan STRINGER

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: A hinged housing with a hinge retention mechanism may be used to house electronic equipment such as an RF amplifier in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network delivering CATV services to subscriber locations. The hinged housing includes housing portions that may be separated by uncoupling hinge members forming one or more hinges, for example, to replace or repair the electronic equipment. The hinge retention mechanism prevents inadvertent uncoupling of the hinge members and separation of the housing portions. The hinge retention mechanism is retractable and push-activated to allow the hinge members to uncouple while the retention mechanism remains secured to one of the housing portions. In one embodiment, the retention mechanism may be provided on a replacement lid assembly of an electronic equipment housing (e.g., an RF amplifier housing), which is designed to replace a lid assembly on an existing housing in the field.