A release member is mounted at the port of a plug receptacle to enable removal of a plug connector from the port. The plug connector is devoid of releasing structure to enable removal of the plug. The release member moves parallel to or coaxial with a plug insertion axis of the port. The release member is biased to a non-actuated position separately from a plug lock being biased to a locking position. The release member can carry a polarity indicator for the port; various shaped actuation sections; and/or a biasing member for the release member.
A fiber management organizer for a telecommunications closure includes a main body defining a first cable management region, a tray assembly extending over at least a portion of the first cable management region, the tray assembly including a tower mounted to oppositely positioned side walls of the main body, a plurality of trays rotatably mounted to the tower such that the trays are rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; and a cover support part disposed between the main body and the tower, the cover support part covering at least a portion of the first cable management region and supporting a central portion of the tower above the first cable management region. A demarcation cover can also be provided with the tray assembly to secure the trays in a closed position and limit access to the trays. The cover can be locked closed and unlocked. When unlocked, the cover can be pivoted to one or more stable open positions to provide access to the sensitive area without having to completely remove the cover from the organizer.
A frame includes an upper area for telecommunications equipment. A left side cable area and a right side cable area opposite the upper area allow for passage of cables to and from the equipment. A lower area is in communication with the left side cable area and the right side cable area to receive cables. The frame includes a first set and a second set of a first vertical column, a second vertical column, and a third vertical column in the lower area for defining cable passageways. The third vertical column includes a column of cable management spools. The first and second sets are positioned in a mirror image to each other in the lower area. The second vertical column of the first and the second vertical column of the second set are in communication for cable management with a horizontal passageway passing above the third vertical column of the first set and the third vertical column of the second set.
A cassette assembly designed to be mounted to a rail of a tray arrangement in telecommunications systems. The assembly can include a cassette base with a channel that extends along its length and is positioned between the first and second side. The channel can be sized to receive the rail of the tray arrangement and can defines a splice holder receiving channel that exposes the top surface of the rail. The spool can be selectively coupleable to the cassette base and can have fiber management members for routing fibers within the interior of the cassette base. The splice holder can be selectively coupleable to the spool and can be positioned within the splice holder receiving channel, with its bottom surface adjacent to and facing the top of the rail of the tray arrangement, enabling the splice holder to be positioned above the rail.
The present disclosure relates to a cable assembly including a multi-fiber optical cable constructed with an end fan-out assembly including a plurality of connectorized fiber optic pigtails. The cable assembly also includes a corrugated protective sleeve that mounts over the fiber optic pigtails. Housings are mounted over ends of the corrugated protective sleeve to provide sealing of the ends of the protective sleeve and to affix the corrugated protective sleeve to a main jacket of the fiber-optic cable.
G02B 6/54 - Installation souterraine ou sous l'eauInstallation à travers des tubes, des conduits ou des canalisations en utilisant des moyens mécaniques, p. ex. des dispositifs pour tirer ou pousser
H02G 1/08 - Méthodes ou appareils spécialement adaptés à l'installation, entretien, réparation, ou démontage des câbles ou lignes électriques pour poser les câbles, p. ex. appareils de pose sur véhicule à travers des tubes ou conduits, p. ex. tringles ou fil de tirage pour pousser ou tirer
The present disclosure relates to fiber management systems and methods for facilitating assembling fiber optic devices in an efficient manner by allowing pre-processed and tested optical fibers to be pre-routed on a substrate prior to installation in their corresponding fiber optic devices.
An optical fiber connector introducing a redesigned inner housing that replaces the conventional, expensive ferrule assembly with a simpler, unitary, single-piece inner housing body. The inner housing defines a ferrule receiving socket and an optical fiber conduit extending along a longitudinal centerline axis, with a first end and a second end. The inner housing can be molded over a ferrule, with a free end of the ferrule extending beyond the second end of the inner housing. The connector further includes a sliding outer housing disposed over the inner housing, comprising an elongated body with a longitudinal bore extending between a first end and an opposite second end, the second end being configured to mate with a coupling housing.
An enclosure for accommodating splicing between cables is disclosed. The enclosure can include a housing containing a frame (e.g., a tray) to which the cables can be affixed. The housing can have an elongate in-line configuration, a triangular configuration, or other configurations. Cable reversing configurations and moveable adapter configurations are also disclosed.
The present disclosure relates to fiber optic connection systems that include cassettes which may be mounted within a telecommunication chassis. The cassettes may include spools for storing and dispensing optical cables such that, when an end of the optical cable is pulled, the spool rotates within the cassette and optical cable is dispensed.
The present disclosure relates to a system for making or assembling fiber optic connectors that allows a pre-terminated fiber optic cable to be made compatible with any number of different styles or types of fiber optic connectors or fiber optic adapters. The present disclosure also relates to a fiber optic connector having first and second pieces connected to twist-to-engage interface and also including a rotational interlock. The present disclaimer relates to a fiber optic connector having a boot that mounts in multiple different axial positions.
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunication device including an enclosure configured to be mounted to a telecommunication rack. The device also includes a tray that mounts within the enclosure, the tray being slidably movable relative to the enclosure along a front-to-rear axis between a first position and a second position. The tray is fully within the enclosure when in the first position. A forward portion of the tray projects forwardly from the front end of the enclosure and a rearward portion of the tray is within the enclosure when the tray is in the second position. A spool mounts on the tray and is moveable with the tray as the tray is moved between the first and second positions. The spool being rotatable relative to the tray and the enclosure to allow cable to be paid out from the spool at least when the tray is in the second position.
The present disclosure relates to small form-factor fiber optic connectors having hardened configurations. The fiber optic connectors can be multi-fiber optical connectors. The fiber optic connectors can be convertible into different optical connection form factors to enhance backward compatibility. The hardened multi-fiber optical connectors can be receive by fiber optic adapters.
A communications panel includes a chassis receiving one or more tray arrangements that each support one or more cassettes. Each cassette carries a plurality of ports at which connections are made between front and rear plug connectors. Each tray arrangement includes guides along which the cassettes slidably mount. The guides and cassettes are configured to enable cassettes of various size to mount to the same tray without reconfiguring the guides.
A connector includes a ferrule assembly having a ferrule, a hub and a spring, the ferrule having a distal face accessible at a distal end of the connector housing, the ferrule being movable in a proximal direction relative to the connector housing. The distal and proximal positions are separated by an axial displacement distance. The ferrule proximal movement is against the spring's bias. The cable of the assembly includes an optical fiber contained within a jacket and also a strength layer between the fiber and the jacket that is anchored to the connector housing. The fiber extends through a fiber from the proximal end of the connector housing to the ferrule. The fiber has a distal portion potted within the ferrule. The fiber passage has a fiber take-up region configured to take-up an excess length of the fiber corresponding to the ferrule axial displacement.
Telecommunications boxes, optical fiber management assemblies, and methods of using the same. Optical fiber management hardware of telecommunications boxes is provided with features that allow for more compactness of optical fiber management assemblies and/or greater versatility in how telecommunications boxes can be set up and used in the field.
A communications panel includes a chassis receiving one or more tray arrangements that each support one or more cassettes. Each cassette carries a plurality of ports at which connections are made between front and rear plug connectors. Each tray arrangement includes guides along which the cassettes slidably mount. The guides and cassettes are configured to enable cassettes of various size to mount to the same tray without reconfiguring the guides.
The present disclosure relates to a hardened power and optical connection system for use with hybrid cables. The hardened power and optical connection system includes electrical pin and socket contacts for providing power connections, and ferrules for providing optical connections. The hardened power and optical connection system has an integrated fiber alignment provided through a mating relationship between a plug and a socket
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.
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.
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.
Modules, modular systems and methods for optical fiber management at telecommunications equipment. Multiple of the same, reversible optical fiber guiding module can be used to guide optical fibers from one stack of optical fiber management trays to another stack of optical fiber management trays that are positioned side by side. Another module is configured to hold a tube holding device or a connector holding device and is of highly compact construction. The different modules can have the same vertical dimension as one another for greater customizability and improved use of space of optical fiber management equipment at a given distribution location. Other modules can be adapters to mount modules to different types of equipment and organizer arrangements.
A system for delivering multiple passive optical network services is disclosed. The system includes a first optical transmission service comprising a common wavelength pair routed from a source to each of a plurality of subscribers. The system further includes a second optical transmission service comprising a plurality of unique wavelength pairs, where each of the unique wavelength pairs is routed from the source to a subscriber among the plurality of subscribers. The system delivers the first optical transmission service and the second optical transmission service to the subscriber on a single optical fiber.
A fiber optic adapter block is disclosed. The fiber optic adapter block includes at least three fiber optic adapters provided in a stacked arrangement extending widthwise in a longitudinal direction, wherein every other adapter of the at least three fiber optic adapters is staggered in a front to back direction with respect to an adjacent adapter such that front ends of the every other adapter of the at least three fiber optic adapters are aligned at a first depth and a front end of the adjacent adapter is at a second depth that is different than the first depth.
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic connector designed to improve the insertion of an optical fiber within the fiber optic connector. The fiber optic connector may include a lead-in tube that makes the insertion of an optical fiber easier. That is, the lead-in tube may be molded over a ferrule hub to fully encapsulate a rear end thereof such that the optical fiber does not snag or hang up during insertion.
The present disclosure relates to hardened fiber optic adapters for connecting hardened fiber optic connectors in an in-line configuration. In certain examples, the hardened fiber optic connectors are sealed relative to the hardened fiber optic adapter when the hardened fiber optic connectors are installed within connector ports of the hardened fiber optic adapter.
Splice holder modules of optical fiber management assemblies. The splice holder modules are sized and configured to enable increased splice density per unit of volume occupied by the module. The modules can be mounted on various different optical fiber management equipment, allowing fewer splice modules to be mounted to the equipment while still accommodating at least the same number of splices. The splice holder modules allow for stackability of the modules to provide additional flexibility in creating splice module arrangements for different fiber management assemblies.
The present disclosure relates generally to a fiber holder for holding optical fibers. The fiber holder can include a main holder body having a length that extends between first and second ends of the main holder body, a width that extends between first and second side walls of the main holder body, and a height that extends between top and bottom sides of the main holder body. The main holder body can define a plurality of fiber positioning grooves that extend along the length of the main holder body and spaced across the width of the main holder body. The main holder body also includes a fiber engagement structure having a fiber engagement surface. The fiber engagement structure can be aligned with an open region that interrupts the plurality of fiber positioning grooves. The fiber engagement structure can extend through the height of the main holder body from the top side to the fiber engagement surface.
The present disclosure relates to optical connection systems. Certain aspects relate to fiber optic connection devices that can be used to increase the capacity of existing optical component designs, to allow effective backward compatibility and/or to allow interfaces of a connector core to be readily changed.
A connector plug including a forward body, a rearward body, a cable in the rearward body, and first and second plug contacts extending between the forward body and the rearward body. The forward body includes first and second contact housings within a first portion of the forward body and extending parallel with a plug axis to a second portion of the forward body. The forward body includes first and second contact fin slots extending from a front end and intersecting with the corresponding first and second contact housings. The second portion defines a rearward plug cavity. The rearward body includes a central cavity extending through a rear wall and into a main body. The rearward body includes first and second rearward plug contact slots that intersect upward and downward conductor channels and align with the first and second contact housings.
H01R 24/56 - Dispositifs de couplage en deux pièces, ou l'une des pièces qui coopèrent dans ces dispositifs, caractérisés par leur structure générale ayant des contacts disposés concentriquement ou coaxialement spécialement adaptés à la haute fréquence spécialement adaptés à la forme spécifique des câbles, p. ex. câbles ondulés, câbles à paires torsadées, câbles double blindage ou câbles creux
H01R 13/629 - Moyens additionnels pour faciliter l'engagement ou la séparation des pièces de couplage, p. ex. moyens pour aligner ou guider, leviers, pression de gaz
A connector plug including a forward body, a rearward body, a cable in the rearward body, and first and second plug contacts extending between the forward body and the rearward body. The forward body includes first and second contact housings within a first portion of the forward body and extending parallel with a plug axis to a second portion of the forward body. The forward body includes first and second contact fin slots extending from a front end and intersecting with the corresponding first and second contact housings. The second portion defines a rearward plug cavity. The rearward body includes a central cavity extending through a rear wall and into a main body. The rearward body includes first and second rearward plug contact slots that intersect upward and downward conductor channels and align with the first and second contact housings.
A system and method for securing telecommunication cables and preventing unauthorized access thereto. The system includes a fiber management trough system, including a trough and a cover, and a locking bracket. The locking bracket may be removably secured around the fiber management trough system and includes a hinge for transitioning the locking bracket between an open position and a closed position. The locking bracket further includes a locking mechanism which is capable of locking the locking bracket in the closed position.
An automatic auditing system of cabling topologies using port occupancy patterns is provided. The system includes at least one sensor to sense occupancy of each port in a panel, a memory and a controller. The memory is used to store operating instruction and pre-defined port occupancy patterns associated with the ports in the panel. The controller is in communication with the memory and the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to compare a sensed port occupancy pattern of the ports based on sensor data from the at least one sensor and an associated pre-defined port occupancy pattern from the pre-defined port occupancy patterns stored in the memory. The controller is configured to generate a mismatch message when the sensed port occupancy pattern does not match the associated pre-defined port occupancy pattern.
Components of optical fiber management assemblies. The assemblies can include a fiber storage basket that can be customized in a variety of different ways using different accessories, modules, and/or basket features. The basket can include a universal interface for mounting differently configured accessories capable of performing different optical fiber management functions. The basket can be configured for closure type and non-closure type equipment applications. In closure type equipment applications, accessories can be mounted to the basket exterior to make more efficient use of space within the closure volume.
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a telecommunication enclosure having a configuration that can be readily customized in the factory to satisfy customer specifications and can also be readily upgraded in the field. In certain examples, the telecommunication enclosure includes a main housing defining a plurality access ports. A plurality of different add-on components can selectively be coupled to the main housing at the access ports in sealed relation to the main housing. The add-on components can include visual indicators which are visible from outside the main housing when the add-on components are mounted to the main housing.
A dust cap for capping an optical fiber connector. In another embodiment, an assembly including an optical fiber connector subassembly and a dust cap. The dust cap includes structural features that can optimize one or more aspects of the dust cap, such as case of use, robustness, and the dust cap's ability to inhibit ingress of contaminants that can damage ends of optical fibers within the dust cap.
A fiber optic adapter assembly including a main body having a first end defining a ruggedized connector port and a second end defining a non-ruggedized connector port, and a retention collar configured to mount over an exterior of the main body, wherein one or more features defined by the retention collar interact with a coupling arrangement inserted into the retention collar to shift the retention collar axially relative to the main body from an extended position to a retracted position, whereupon rotation of the coupling arrangement relative to the retention collar from a non-interlocked position to an interlocked position axially shifts the retention collar relative to the main body back to the extended position, thereby inhibiting back rotation of the coupling arrangement from the interlocked position to the non-interlocked position.
A fiber optic connector assembly with a connector body that extends along a longitudinal connector axis between a front end and a rear end. A ferrule positioned within the connector body adjacent the front end of the connector body. The ferrule allowing an optical circuit arrangement to redirect fiber optic signals from a first orientation that extends along the longitudinal axis to a second orientation that passes through an optical connection interface. The second orientation is angled relative to the first orientation. The fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fibers that extend along the longitudinal connector axis through the connector body and connect to the ferrule at a fiber attachment region. The optical fibers are configured to direct the optical signals along the first orientation to the optical circuit arrangement.
A fiber optic arrangement including fiber optic cable passed through a telecommunication enclosure. The telecommunication enclosure includes a housing sealed for outdoor environmental use. At least one fiber optic adapter is carried with the housing. The fiber optic adapter includes a ferrule alignment sleeve having an outer end for receiving a ferrule of a hardened connector inserted to the fiber optic adapter from outside the housing through an exterior connector port. An inner connector mounting locations corresponding to an inner end of the ferrule alignment sleeve. An inner connector is installed at the inner connector mounting location with a ferrule of the inner connector received within the inner end of the ferrule alignment sleeve. The fiber optic cable has optical fibers that are retractable within the fiber optic cable. At least one optical fiber of the fiber optic cable is cut at a cable access location outside the telecommunication enclosure, retracted back to the interior of the telecommunication enclosure, and coupled to the inner fiber optic connector.
The present disclosure relates to fiber management systems and methods for facilitating assembling fiber optic devices in an efficient manner by allowing optical fibers to be pre-routed on a flexible substrate such as a film prior to installation in their corresponding fiber optic devices. The flexible substrate can include unitary flaps for providing a variety of functions such as substrate positioning and spacing, temporary connector storage, fiber bend radius protection, fiber holding, and optical component holding.
An assembly including a telecommunication housing. The assembly also including at least one hardened fiber optic adapter coupled to the telecommunication housing. The assembly further including a blown fiber tube routed into the telecommunication housing and the blown fiber tube is sealed and secured with respect to the telecommunication housing.
The present disclosure relates to cable sealing modules adapted to be installed in a cable sealing unit of an enclosure. The cable sealing modules can have containment end wall portions for providing sealant containment.
Methods and compositions for preparing an elastomeric gel block comprising a lubricious surface are provided. A closure or interconnect system sealed with the elastomeric gel block comprising a lubricious surface can exhibit reduced adhesiveness, reduced tack time, and requires substantially reduced force to re-open the closure or interconnect system.
C10M 107/50 - Compositions lubrifiantes caractérisées en ce que le matériau de base est un composé macromoléculaire contenant du silicium
C10M 107/06 - Polymères d'hydrocarburesPolymères d'hydrocarbures modifiés par oxydation contenant du propène
C10M 177/00 - Méthodes particulières de préparation des compositions lubrifiantesModification chimique par post-traitement des constituants ou de la composition lubrifiante elle-même, non couverte par d'autres classes
C10N 50/08 - Forme sous laquelle est appliqué le lubrifiant au matériau à lubrifier solide
The disclosure is to fiber optic cassettes that include a front latch extending forwardly and a back latch extending rearward. The front and back latches flex inwardly during slidable insertion of the cassette into a chassis and also flex inwardly during slidable removal of the cassette from a chassis. Each of the front and back latches includes a catch defining a portion that ramps away from the latch and a portion that ramps toward the latch for interacting with the chassis to cause the latches to flex during both insertion and removal.
A fiber optic ferrule includes a body extending from a first end to a second opposite end, with the body including an axial passage extending between the first and the second ends. The axial passage includes a first diameter portion having a diameter of at least 125 microns, a second diameter portion having a diameter of at least 250 microns and less than a diameter of a buffer, and a smooth and continuous transition between the first and the second diameter portions. The second diameter portion is positioned between the first diameter portion and the second end. The axial passage further defines a tapered shape at the second end extending inward from the second end toward the second diameter portion. In certain embodiments, another smooth and continuous transition can be provided between the taper shape and the second diameter portion. In certain embodiments, the axial passage is smooth and continuous between the first and the second ends of the body. A hub holds the ferrule. A method of assembling a terminated fiber optic cable is also provided.
A ripcord within a cable core is typically used to tear through an armor layer. The ripcord has its strength or ability to tear through the armor layer greatly improved by an applied heat treatment prior to being added to the cable core. The heat treatment homogenizes or normalizes the positioning of the fiber, yarn and strand twists within the ripcord, in a manner similar to an annealing process for metal or glass. The heat treatment may occur within an oven while the ripcord is loaded onto a spool. Alternatively, the heat treatment may occur in-line as the ripcord is being loaded onto the spool, or as the ripcord 10 is being fed from a spool into a cable manufacturing machine. The heat treatment is particularly well suited for polyester ripcords, which may be used to replace ripcords formed of aramid fibers.
Optical guiding elements are 3D printed on the ends of optical fibers. A multifiber connector includes fibers having 3D printed elements that are flush with the end face of the connector. The printed 3D element may be down-tapered for coupling between a single mode optical fiber and an optical chip waveguide. The cross-sectional shape of the 3D printed optical element may change along its length so as to more closely match to the mode field of a non-circular waveguide on the optical chip. The optical element may be printed with a gradient index. The optical element may be provided with an output face distal from the optical fiber that is not flat and which changes the divergence of the light passing therethrough.
The present disclosure relates to arrangements for sealing the ends of blown fiber tubes. The present disclosure also relates to arrangements for affixing blown fiber tubes to telecommunication housings. The telecommunication housing may have a base and a cover and a perimeter seal sealing between the base and cover. The telecommunication housing may also have a gel sealing arrangement sealing against the blown fiber tubes. The telecommunications may also have an anchoring bracket that attaches to the housing, and the blown fiber tube is affixed to the anchoring bracket to affix the blown fiber tube relative to the housing. A tube fixation base for attaching the blown fiber tube to the anchoring bracket.
A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate the adapter configuration and/or modified to accommodate various patch cord configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration and an LC fiber optic footprint configuration. In certain examples, one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration but in a footprint that is larger or smaller than the footprint of the LC fiber optic footprint. Other configurations may also be adopted.
A cable bracket with a base, two sets of blades extending up from the base; and a retaining tab extending from each blade. The retaining tab allowing a cable to be pressed into an interior area. The two sets of blades limiting longitudinal movement of the cable. The two sets of blades are insertable blades retained within at least a pair of sidewalls. The cable bracket may have an intermediate wall separating the pair of sidewalls into two cable receiving regions. The two sets of blades may be insertable blades inserted into two sets of slots through the pair of sidewalls and the intermediate wall.
First and second insulated conductors, which may include a dielectric tape located therebetween, pass from a first end to a second end of a bow of a twinner. The bow spins and helically twists the first and second insulated conductors. A fitting feeds an air flow stream into one of the first or second ends of the bow, so that the air travels through the bow. Alternatively, the bow can collect air through one or more slots as the bow spins. The air cushions the insulated conductors within the bow and reduces crushing of insulation layers of the insulated conductors due to centrifugal force. The air may optionally pass through plural through holes or nozzles in the bow and/or guides attached to the bow. The air may be at an ambient temperature, but may also be chilled to increase a compression modulus of the insulation layers.
D07B 3/02 - Machines ou appareillages d'application générale pour la production de cordes ou câbles retordus à partir de brins constitutifs faits de matériaux identiques ou différents sur lesquels les dévidoirs d'alimentation tournent autour de l'axe de la corde ou du câble
The present disclosure relates to fiber storage devices for storing extra length of optical fiber at the end of a primary length of optical fiber. The optical fiber storage devices can include configurations that allow for the managed field storage of optical fiber in a coiled or spooled configuration at a first date, and also allow for the stored optical fiber to be easily pulled from the coiled or spooled configuration at a later second date.
The present disclosure relates to ruggedized push-pull fiber optic connection system. The fiber optic connection system includes a push-pull connector that is adapted to be latched within and sealed with respect to a connector port.
A jacketed cable includes a first twisted pair formed by a first insulated conductor twisted with a second insulated conductor with a first dielectric tape residing therebetween. The first dielectric tape may foamed and/or include a plurality of through holes with sizes and spacings to tune impedance and/or balance a delay skew amongst multiple twisted pairs and/or reduce crushing of the first and second insulation layers of the first and second conductors. A method of manufacturing may optionally include heating or chilling the first dielectric tape and/or chilling the first and second insulated conductors prior to forming the first twisted pair to a temperature different from the ambient temperature, thereby tuning the impedance of the first twisted pair and/or adjust the delay skew of the first twisted pair relative to other twisted pairs and/or reduce crushing of the first and second insulation layers of the first and second conductors.
H01B 11/00 - Câbles ou conducteurs de communication
H01B 11/06 - Câbles à paires ou quartes torsadées pourvus de moyens propres à réduire les effets de perturbations électromagnétiques ou électrostatiques, p. ex. écrans
An optical fiber ribbon includes optical fibers bonded together at intermittent points at both the first major side and the second major side of the ribbon. The bonding points at the second major side of the ribbon do not align along the thickness of the ribbon with the bonding points at the first major side of the ribbon. In some examples, the bonding points are offset along the length of the ribbon. In other examples, the bonding points are offset along the width of the ribbon. The bonding points at the first and second side can be applied at the same bonding material application station or at a different bonding material application station.
A communications connection system includes an adapter module defining at least first and second ports and at least one media reading interface mounted at one of the ports. The first adapter module is configured to receive a fiber optic connector at each port. Some type of connectors may be formed as duplex connector arrangements. Some types of adapters may include ports without media reading interfaces. Some types of media reading interfaces include contact members having three contact sections.
The present disclosure relates to a holder for attaching an optical component to a structure such as a tray. The holder includes integrated first mounting features including end tabs and integrated second mounting features including dovetail projections.
Patch panel modules that can be mounted to a frame of an organizer of telecommunications equipment. In some examples, patch panel modules and fiber management tray support modules can be interchangeably mounted to module mounting locations defined by the frame.
A network asset location system and methods of its use and operation are disclosed. In one aspect, the network asset location system includes a mobile application component executable on a mobile device including a camera and a display, the mobile application component configured to receive image data from the camera and display an image on the display based on the image data and overlay information identifying one or more network assets identifiable in the image data. The network asset location system also includes an asset management tracking engine configured to receive the image data and generate the overlay information including an identification of a location of at least one of the one or more network assets within the image.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06F 3/0481 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] fondées sur des propriétés spécifiques de l’objet d’interaction affiché ou sur un environnement basé sur les métaphores, p. ex. interaction avec des éléments du bureau telles les fenêtres ou les icônes, ou avec l’aide d’un curseur changeant de comportement ou d’aspect
G06F 3/0484 - Techniques d’interaction fondées sur les interfaces utilisateur graphiques [GUI] pour la commande de fonctions ou d’opérations spécifiques, p. ex. sélection ou transformation d’un objet, d’une image ou d’un élément de texte affiché, détermination d’une valeur de paramètre ou sélection d’une plage de valeurs
G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
G06Q 10/0631 - Planification, affectation, distribution ou ordonnancement de ressources d’entreprises ou d’organisations
G06Q 10/08 - Logistique, p. ex. entreposage, chargement ou distributionGestion d’inventaires ou de stocks
G09G 5/377 - Détails concernant le traitement de dessins graphiques pour mélanger ou superposer plusieurs dessins graphiques
An opening structure for receiving a telecommunications jack can include a main body defining a central passageway, a first attachment arrangement for securing a first jack type to the main body within the central passageway, a second attachment arrangement for securing a second jack type to the main body within the central passageway, and a third attachment arrangement for securing a third jack type to the main body within the central passageway, wherein the first, second, and third jack types have different connection arrangements for facilitating connection to an opening structure.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Metal cabinets specially adapted to protect
telecommunications equipment in the nature of fiber optic
cables; computer hardware for telecommunications; mounting
racks for telecommunications hardware.
A coupler couples a first connector with a second connector wherein each of the connectors is coupled to exactly two electrical conductors. Each coupler can be utilized in a shielded (e.g., metal) or non-shielded (e.g. non-metal) form as appropriate to a specific application. Each coupler includes exactly one pair of pin contacts, preferably with a square or rectangular cross-section. Each end of the pin contacts includes four tapered faces that join at a flattened apex and are configured to be received by the tuning fork contact of the connector. The pair of pin contacts are offset from one another and cross one another within the coupler to maintain electrical polarity as electricity travels from the tuning fork contacts of a first connector to the pin contacts of the coupler and onward to the tuning fork contacts of a second connector.
H01R 31/06 - Pièces intermédiaires pour joindre deux pièces de couplage, p. ex. adaptateur
H01R 13/04 - Broches ou lames destinées à coopérer avec des alvéoles
H01R 13/518 - Moyens pour maintenir ou envelopper un corps isolant, p. ex. boîtier pour maintenir ou envelopper plusieurs pièces de couplage, p. ex. châssis
H01R 13/6583 - Structure du blindage avec des moyens élastiques destinés à venir en contact avec le connecteur correspondant avec des organes élastiques conducteurs indépendants entre les organes de blindage correspondants
H01R 13/6585 - Matériau de blindage entourant individuellement des contacts espacés les uns des autres ou interposé entre ces derniers
H01R 24/20 - Pièces de couplage portant des douilles, des pinces ou des contacts analogues, assujetties uniquement à un fil ou un câble
H01R 43/26 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation de connecteurs de lignes ou de collecteurs de courant ou pour relier les conducteurs électriques pour engager ou séparer les deux pièces d'un dispositif de couplage
Management of optical fibers and optical fiber management trays. An add-on module can be selectively mounted to an optical fiber management tray based on specific fiber management needs. For example, the add-on module can conveniently store overlengths of output fibers from an optical signal splitter module mounted to the optical fiber management tray. The add-on module can be configured so as not to interfere with fiber storage and fiber routing on the optical fiber management tray even when the add-on module is mounted to the optical fiber management tray.
A high density coupling panel of the present disclosure presents a compact grouping of coupler wherein each of the couplers couples a first free connector with a second free connector wherein each of the free connectors is coupled to exactly two electrical conductors. The high density coupling panel can be manufactured in a shielded (e.g., metal) or non-shielded (e.g. non-metal) form as appropriate to a specific application. In the shielded configuration, a bonding strip is used to connect all metal components (e.g., shielded free connectors, shielded couplers, and metal panel of the high density coupling panel) to ground via a shielding tab.
H01R 13/518 - Moyens pour maintenir ou envelopper un corps isolant, p. ex. boîtier pour maintenir ou envelopper plusieurs pièces de couplage, p. ex. châssis
H01R 13/6586 - Matériau de blindage entourant individuellement des contacts espacés les uns des autres ou interposé entre ces derniers pour séparer des modules de connecteurs multibroches
H01R 13/6589 - Matériau de blindage entourant individuellement des contacts espacés les uns des autres ou interposé entre ces derniers avec des fils séparés par des parties conductrices du boîtier
67.
FIBER OPTIC ADAPTERS CONVERTIBLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT POLARITY TYPES
The present disclosure relates to fiber optic adapters that are convertible between different configurations corresponding to different polarity schemes. The present disclosure also relates to fiber optic adapters having internal shutters integrated within end caps.
A sealing enclosure is configured to connect to a mating enclosure. The sealing enclosure loosely receives a connector within a connector volume so that the connector, which may be of a standard type used in electronic or optic data transmission, may be displaced within a plug face at the forward end of the connector volume. The connector may compensate variations in the position of a mating connector with respect to the mating enclosure. The sealing enclosure allows to seal off the connector volume and engage the sealing enclosure with a mating enclosure in a single motion. This is affected by having a cable seal interposed between an inner body and an outer body. If the outer body is moved forward to engage the mating connector, the cable seal is squeezed between the cable and the inner body sealing off the connector volume at the rearward end of the inner body.
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.
A multi-fiber cable assembly includes a pigtail segments spliced to a trunk segment using multiple mass fusion splices. The splices are disposed at axially spaced positions within a hollow, flexible conduit. Fibers of the trunk segment are axially fixed at a first demarcation region disposed at the first end of the conduit. Fibers of the pigtail segments are axially fixed at a separate, second demarcation region disposed at the second end of the conduit.
A panel arrangement provides at least 288 output fiber connections within 1 rack unit (RU). The panel arrangement includes modules mounted within a chassis. Each module carries a plurality of optical adapters, which each define multiple de-mateable connection interface locations. In certain examples, each connection interface location enables a connection between multiple pairs of optical fibers. A WDM or other optical circuitry may be provided within the module to optically couple an input connection interface location to output connection interface locations.
A cable clamp includes a shell having a shell base with a first sidewall and a second sidewall forming a channel extending in a first direction to receive a cable therein. A wedge resides between the first and second sidewalls and includes a wedge base facing the shell base. A shim resides between the wedge base and the shell base, and the cable fits between the shim and the shell base. Movement of the shell relative to the wedge causes the cable to engage more tightly between the shim and the shell base. In one embodiment, a blade element resides between the shim and the shell base. The blade may be a separate element from the shim or attached to or integrally formed with the shim. The wedge may include a recessed area or a cutout portion to accommodate the blade. A cutting edge of the blade element faces toward the cable and will cut the cable in response to an excessive force along the first direction being applied to the cable within the channel.
The present disclosure relates to a laminated fiber assembly that provides pitch conversion between a fiber ribbon having a first pitch (e.g. 200 microns) to a plurality of non-ribbonized fibers having a variable pitch that is larger than the first pitch. The laminated fiber assembly has laminate portion with an adhesive arranged between the non-ribbonized fibers and polymeric sheets arranged on opposing sides of the non-ribbonized fibers of the fiber ribbon.
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior.
A server rack is cabled to obviate the need for top-of-rack switches. Switches and severs are connected through de-mateable connection interfaces at distribution modules disposed along the raceway above the server cabinets. The distribution modules may have externally accessible ports, internally accessible ports, and/or payout spools for the switch cables and/or the server cables.
The present disclosure relates to a sealed closure having modular components, enhanced cable sealing, modular connection interfaces, enhanced cable anchoring and enhanced fiber management.
A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications enclosure having cable ports and an internal optical tapping or indexing architecture. The cable ports can be defined by hardened fiber optic adapters.
An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a connector. The connector is suited to connectorizing exactly two conductors. The connector includes a forward connector body, a rear connector body, a metal frame and exactly two electrical contacts. The rear connector body interfaces with the forward connector body. Further, the metal frame, which includes a shielding interface, surrounds at least a portion of both the forward and rear connector bodies. The electrical contacts extend from the rear connector body into the forward connector body. A first of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a first conductor of a shielded cable and the second of the electrical contacts is electrically coupled to a second conductor of the shielded cable. The shield interface of the metal frame is electrically coupled to the shield of the shielded cable.
H01R 13/6463 - Moyens pour empêcher la diaphonie utilisant des paires torsadées de fils
H01R 4/2433 - Plaques planes, p. ex. plaques planes multi-couches montées sur un support isolant une partie du support pouvant être déplacée pour enfoncer le câble dans l’entaille
H01R 12/58 - Connexions fixes pour circuits imprimés rigides ou structures similaires caractérisées par les bornes bornes pour insertion dans des trous
H01R 13/6591 - Caractéristiques ou dispositions spécifiques de raccordement du blindage aux organes conducteurs
H01R 13/6594 - Caractéristiques ou dispositions spécifiques de raccordement du blindage aux organes conducteurs le blindage étant monté sur une carte de circuits imprimés et raccordé à des organes conducteurs
H01R 31/06 - Pièces intermédiaires pour joindre deux pièces de couplage, p. ex. adaptateur
H01R 43/01 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation de connecteurs de lignes ou de collecteurs de courant ou pour relier les conducteurs électriques pour connecter des conducteurs non dénudés à des pièces de contact ayant des bords coupant l'isolation
H01R 43/20 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication, l'assemblage, l'entretien ou la réparation de connecteurs de lignes ou de collecteurs de courant ou pour relier les conducteurs électriques pour assembler les pièces de contact avec le socle isolant, le boîtier ou le manchon ou pour les en désassembler
80.
SPLICE ENCLOSURE WITH CONNECTORIZED PATCHING FUNCTIONALITY
The present disclosure relates a telecommunication enclosure having a compact configuration. In one example, the telecommunication enclosure supports both optical splicing and connectorized patching.
A cabinet includes a first compartment coupled to a second compartment with a sealed cable port arrangement separating the two compartments. The second compartment is more robustly sealed than the first compartment. A sealed splice enclosure is disposed in the first compartment. The splice enclosure is more robustly sealed against water intrusion than the second compartment.
The present disclosure relates to a fiber deployment system for use with field installed fiber tubes such as blown fiber tubes. The fiber deployment system includes a fiber optic connector including a housing assembly having a connector body and a fiber tube attached at a rear end of the connector body. A multi-fiber ferrule assembly mounted on a deployable fiber can be loaded into the connector body through the fiber tube. The fiber tube can be coupled a field installed fiber tube by a tube coupler.
A system for improved cable management is disclosed in several example embodiments. The disclosed embodiments describe example structures for supporting cables, for example telecommunications and fiber optic cables, within a cable storage cabinet. The disclosed embodiments also describe a door for a cable storage cabinet. The example door includes a hinge control and handle system which allows the door to be opened along either side to therefore allow the door to be opened either way from a single handle. The disclosed embodiments also describes an indicator system which informs a user when the door for the cable storage cabinet is in either a closed position or an open position. Each of these embodiments improves the utility and safety of cable management, particularly within cable storage cabinets.
E05C 9/14 - Mécanismes actionnant les barres avec broches s'enclenchant dans des entailles
A47B 97/00 - Mobiliers ou accessoires de meubles, non prévus dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
B65H 75/14 - Genres ou types de section transversale circulaire ou polygonale avec deux rebords d'extrémité
E05B 41/00 - Serrures à indication visible de la position de verrouillage ou de déverrouillage
E05C 9/02 - Aménagement de pênes à action simultanée ou d'autres dispositifs de blocage en des emplacements bien distincts sur le même battant avec une barre coulissante immobilisant, lorsqu'elle est déplacée dans un sens, et libérant quand elle est déplacée dans le sens opposéAménagement de pênes à action simultanée ou d'autres dispositifs de blocage en des emplacements bien distincts sur le même battant avec deux barres coulissantes déplacées dans le même sens lors de l'immobilisation ou de la libération
E05D 7/10 - Charnières, gonds ou pivots de structure particulière permettant une séparation facile des éléments à l'axe de la charnière
E06B 7/28 - Autres dispositions portées par les portes ou les fenêtres, p. ex. panneaux de portes, fenêtres adaptées pour porter des plantes, crochets pour les laveurs de carreaux
G02B 6/44 - Structures mécaniques pour assurer la résistance à la traction et la protection externe des fibres, p. ex. câbles de transmission optique
H05K 7/14 - Montage de la structure de support dans l'enveloppe, sur cadre ou sur bâti
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
(1) Metal cabinets specially adapted to protect telecommunications equipment in the nature of fiber optic cables; computer hardware for telecommunications; mounting racks for telecommunications hardware.
An telecommunications panel has a plurality of modules with at least one front accessible fiber optic adapter and at least one rear accessible fiber optic adapter for each module. The modules can each travel forward or rearward for improved finger access for connector insertion or removal. In the forward position and in the rearward position, the modules are locked by and adapter retainer handle engaging with panel divider openings. In the home position, forward and rearward travel of each module is limited by adapter retainer detent features interacting with a portion of the panel.
A telecommunications cabinet includes a housing defining an interior. A front includes an open front portion, and an access door is provided for selectively accessing the interior of the cabinet through the open front portion. Equipment is positioned within in the cabinet. A cable management panel manages cables on a front of the cable management panel between the equipment. A rear space is provided behind the cable management panel for routing of additional cables, such as between the input and output cables and the equipment. An access panel is provided to access the rear space.
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic distribution architecture for an optical network that uses a relatively low fiber count cable and implements passive optical power splitting at or near an edge of the network. Optical components for building/deploying the architecture are also disclosed. The architectures can include pre-connectorized versions, spliced versions, and combinations thereof.
G02B 6/28 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux
A fiber management cable assembly for facilitating routing and storing optical fibers includes a plurality of fiber fixation tabs. The plurality of fiber fixation tabs can provide fixation for optical fibers supported by, mounted on, or attached to components within a telecommunications enclosure. The plurality of fiber fixation tabs can secure optical fibers that are in a multi-fiber (e.g., ribbon) configuration or a single fiber configuration.
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connector. The connector includes at least one connector portion including a front housing portion coupled to a rear housing portion, the front housing portion being rotatable relative to the rear housing portion about a longitudinal axis, the front housing portion including a ferrule and a latch, the latch defining front and rear ends and being pivotable relative to the rest of the front housing portion at a connection portion. A boot mounted on the telecommunications connector is movable longitudinally relative to the rear housing portion, wherein the boot is configured to engage at least a portion of the latch of the front housing portion and cause the latch to pivot relative to the rest of the front housing portion as the boot is moved relative to the rear housing portion.
A splice arrangement including a splice protection housing that defines a passage that extends lengthwise through the splice protection housing from a first end of the splice protection housing to an opposite second end of the splice protection housing. The splice arrangement may also include a first fiber optic cable and a second fiber optic cable. First optical fibers of the first fiber optic cable and second optical fibers of the second fiber optic cable may be coupled together at a splice location positioned within the passage of the splice protection housing.
A telecommunications chassis comprises a cable sealing portion defining at least one cable opening configured to sealably receive a cable and a module mounting portion extending from the cable sealing portion, which further comprises a housing defining an open front closable by a door to define an interior, a rear wall, a right wall, and a left wall. A plurality of module mounting locations is provided in a vertically stacked arrangement, each configured to receive a telecommunications module through the open front. An exterior of the housing includes a first column of radius limiters defining curved profiles for guiding cables from the front toward the rear with bend control. A second column of radius limiters in the form of spools is spaced apart and generally parallel to the first column of radius limiters and a third column of radius limiters, at least some of which are in the form of spools, is also spaced apart and generally parallel to the first and second columns of radius limiters. The rear wall defines an opening for accessing from the exterior of the housing rear ends of modules to be mounted in the housing for signal input, wherein the exterior also includes a plate at least partially overlapping the opening for protection of cables entering the opening.
A cable management device for mounting to a telecommunications fixture includes an outer barrel disposed over an inner barrel, one of the outer barrel and the inner barrel defining a plurality of discrete detents positioned in a stacked arrangement axially along an length thereof, and the other of the outer barrel and the inner barrel defining at least one flexible cantilever arm defining a tab configured to lock into a selected one of the detents for allowing adjustment of a length of the cable management device.
G02B 6/44 - Structures mécaniques pour assurer la résistance à la traction et la protection externe des fibres, p. ex. câbles de transmission optique
H02G 3/00 - Installations de câbles ou de lignes électriques ou de leurs tubes de protection dans ou sur des immeubles, des structures équivalentes ou des véhicules
H02G 3/04 - Tubes ou conduits de protection, p. ex. échelles à câbles ou goulottes de câblage
H02G 3/30 - Installations de câbles ou de lignes sur les murs, les sols ou les plafonds
A network cable has four twisted pairs. Each twisted pair includes first and second insulated conductors of 21 AWG. Each twisted pair includes a bisector tape located between the first and second twisted insulated conductors. The 21 AWG conductor allows for longer distance transmission of data and PoE. A thinner wall of insulation on 21 AWG conductors allows the network cable to be terminated to industry standard RJ45 jacks and plugs, which were designed to accommodate 22-24 AWG insulated conductors, while the bisector tapes allow the network cable to exhibit nominal 100 ohm impedance between the insulated conductors of each twisted pair.
H01B 11/00 - Câbles ou conducteurs de communication
H01B 11/06 - Câbles à paires ou quartes torsadées pourvus de moyens propres à réduire les effets de perturbations électromagnétiques ou électrostatiques, p. ex. écrans
H01B 11/04 - Câbles à paires ou quartes torsadées à paires ou quartes disposées les unes par rapport aux autres de manière à réduire la diaphonie
95.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SLIDING FIBER ADAPTER MODULES
Fiber adapters are mounted on a movable adapter module. The adapters can shift vertically as well as pivot, to provide additional clearance for any selected adapter for improved connector access. An adapter metal clip snaps into a keyhole on the adapter module. The keyhole dimensions allow for vertical movement and pivoting. Notches on the adapter module body are placed (top, middle, and bottom) in support walls that provide strength and allow for pivoting of the adapters.
The present disclosure relates to fiber optic connectors having integrated features for protecting the optical fibers of the fiber optic connectors. The fiber optic connectors can include protective features such as retractable noses and shutters. The fiber optic connectors include fiber anchoring units with tapered front sections for preventing micro-bends.
A cable enclosure assembly includes an enclosure, a cable spool and a length of fiber optic cable. The enclosure defines an interior region, a first opening and a second opening aligned with the first opening. The first and second openings provide access to the interior region. The cable spool is disposed in the interior region of the enclosure and is rotatably engaged with the enclosure. The cable spool includes a drum and a flange engaged to the drum. The flange has an outer peripheral side, a cable management portion and an adapter bulkhead portion. The adapter bulkhead portion extends outwardly from the cable management portion and forms a portion of the outer peripheral side. The length of the fiber optic cable is dispose about the drum of the cable spool.
Devices, arrangements and methods for fixing telecommunications cables relative to a telecommunications closure. Features of the devices and arrangements can make more efficient use of an interior closure volume and enhance a closure's capabilities with respect to handling different types of telecommunications cables and optical fiber routing schemes.
A flat drop cable includes a jacket having a length that extends along a central longitudinal axis and defines a transverse cross-sectional profile having a thickness and a width. The thickness is less than the width. First and second GRP rods are embedded within the jacket. Three or four buffer tubes are embedded within the jacket, between the first and second GRP rods. The buffer tubes are stranded, and each includes a plurality of optical fibers. Even though the flat drop cable includes three or four buffer tubes, the flat drop cable is compatible with conventional clamps commonly used with a flat drop cable having a single buffer tube. The flat drop cable may be abutted to one or more empty micro-ducts and the elements surrounded by an extruded over-jacket.
Optical fiber management tray with optimized dimensions and/or features for managing optical fiber ribbons at a rack mountable and slidable distribution tray of telecommunications equipment.
