G02B6/4453

Optical assemblies with contoured base

An adapter assembly includes a single-piece or two-piece multi-fiber adapter defining a recess at which a contact assembly is disposed. The adapter assemblies can be disposed within adapter block assemblies or cassettes, which can be mounted to moveable trays. Both ports of the adapters disposed within adapter block assemblies are accessible. Only one port of each adapter disposed within the cassettes are accessible. Circuit boards can be mounted within the block assemblies or cassettes to provide communication between the contact assemblies and a data network.

Modular fiber optic tray

The present invention provides modular trays having cutout features that are configured to engage with a mounting feature of one or more removable rails. The removable rails may be removably secured to a tray body in a plurality of positions to allow a user to install or uninstall rails to support different sized fiber optic modules. For example, a tray may support a twenty-four optical fiber module, two twelve optical fiber modules, or three eight optical fiber modules. Fiber optic enclosures housing the trays can be affixed to the outside of a fiber optic enclosure and allow for easy stacking and unstacking.

Fiber optic cassette, system, and method

A fiber optic cassette including a body defining a front and an opposite rear and an enclosed interior. A cable entry location is defined in the body for a cable to enter the interior of the cassette. The cable which enters at the cable entry location is attached to the cassette body and the fibers are extended into the cassette body and form terminations at connectors. The connectors are connected to adapters located at the front of the cassette. A front side of the adapters defines termination locations for cables to be connected to the fibers connected at the rear of the adapters. A cable including a jacket, a strength member, and fibers enters the cassette. The strength member is crimped to a crimp tube and is mounted to the cassette body, allowing the fibers to extend past the crimp tube into the interior of the cassette body. A strain relief boot is provided at the cable entry location.

Fiber optic connection modules

Telecommunications assemblies and modules incorporating demateable fiber optic connection interfaces for coupling non-ferrulized optical fibers.

Fiber optic cable and furcation module
RE049374 · 2023-01-17 · ·

An optical fiber cable assembly comprising an optical fiber slidably enclosed within a hollow tubing, both the fiber and the tubing having corresponding first and second ends. The cable is terminated with the first and second ends of the tubing and the fiber constrained with respect to each other such that fiber and the tubing are approximately the same length when the cable is at a first temperature. The tubing is made of a material which contracts more than the optical fiber when the cable is exposed to temperatures below the first temperature, such that the fiber is longer than the tubing and excess fiber length is formed. An intermediate portion of the tubing permits the excess fiber length to accumulate without bending in a radius smaller than a minimum bend radius

High Density Fiber Enclosure and Method

A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.

Optical fiber holding device
11698503 · 2023-07-11 · ·

An optical fiber holding device may comprise a first track and a second track. The first track may be configured to hold and guide a first optical fiber from a first track input location to a first track output location, wherein the first track is configured to allow the first optical fiber to connect to a first optical component and a first optical communication point. The second track may be configured to hold and guide a second optical fiber from a second track input location to a second track output location, wherein the second track is configured to allow the second optical fiber to connect to a second optical component and a second optical communication point.

ENCLOSURE FOR RECEIVING FIBER OPTIC CASSETTES

An enclosure for receiving a fiber optic cassette is disclosed comprising a housing having cassette receiving housing portion and a fiber optic cassette receiving rack which fits in the cassette receiving housing portion. The cassette receiving rack comprises a pair of opposed elongate guide members extending parallel to and be spaced apart from one another. A first end of the rack is secured in the cassette receiving space between the top wall and the bottom wall for rotation about an axis between a first position, where the rack is received in at least a portion the cassette receiving housing portion and the at least one door is closed, and a second position wherein a second end of the rack is positioned outside the cassette receiving space and the at least one door is open. The opposed guide members receive each of the at least one fiber optic cassettes therebetween.

Slidable fiber optic connection module with cable slack management

A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a frame and a fiber optic module including a rack mount portion, a center portion, and a main housing portion. The rack mount portion is stationarily coupled to the frame, the center portion is slidably coupled to the rack mount portion along a sliding direction, and the main housing portion is slidably coupled to the center portion along the sliding direction. The main housing portion of the fiber optic module includes fiber optic connection locations for connecting cables to be routed through the frame. The center portion of the fiber optic module includes a radius limiter for guiding cables between the main housing portion and the frame, the center portion also including a latch for unlatching the center portion for slidable movement. Slidable movement of the center portion with respect to the rack mount portion moves the main housing portion with respect to the frame along the sliding direction.

12 fiber MPO to 16 fiber MPO conversion module
11693199 · 2023-07-04 · ·

A cassette module has three 16 fiber MPOs and four 12 fiber MPOs wherein each 16 fiber MPO has 4 fiber receiving areas with four fibers going to each fiber receiving area and each 12 fiber MPO has 3 fiber receiving areas with four fibers going to each fiber receiving area. Fibers are routed from certain areas of the 16 fiber MPOs to those of the 12 fiber MPOs in order to convert a base 12 communication system to a base 16 communication system.