US 11,635,578 B2Granted

Telecommunications distribution elements

AssigneeCommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA

InventorsPeter Claes, Heidi Bleus

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Abstract

A telecommunications rack system includes a first element defining splice locations and a second element defining adapters for receiving connectorized cabling, wherein the first and second elements are positioned on the same rack. A first end of a fiber optic pigtail is spliced at and extends from the splice locations of the first element. A second end is connectorized with a fiber optic connector that is coupled to an adapter of the second element. The pigtail extends between the first and second elements. A cable manager is removably mounted at the side of at least one of the first and second elements. The cable manager defines a U-shaped passage including ends that open toward one end of the elements and a closed end opposite the open ends. The U-shaped passage defines cable pass-throughs adjacent the closed end for transitioning cables from inside the U-shaped passage to an exterior thereof, wherein the connectorized pigtail is passed at least through a portion of the U-shaped passage and out the cable pass-through going from the first element to the second element.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A cable manager removably mountable to a side of a telecommunications element, the cable manager comprising:

a center section configured to house a cable strength member clamp structure;
and
a U-shaped passage surrounding the center section, the U-shaped passage including ends that open toward one end of the telecommunications element for receiving or outputting cabling and a closed end defined by a curved wall at an opposite end from the open ends, the closed end not allowing input of cabling into the U-shaped passage in a direction parallel to the open ends, the U-shaped passage defining cable pass-throughs adjacent the closed end for transitioning cables from inside the U-shaped passage to an exterior of the U-shaped passage in a direction generally perpendicular to the open ends, the cable manager configured such that when two similar cable managers are provided in a vertically stacked configuration at the side of the telecommunications element, the pass-throughs of the cable managers align so as to transition the cabling from the U-shaped passage of a first of the cable managers into the U-shaped passage of an adjacent cable manager,
wherein the cable manager further comprises mounting structures in the form of protrusions that are configured to intermate with receivers provided on the telecommunications element for removable attachment and detachment of the cable manager to the side of the telecommunications element.

1 more element

A telecommunications rack system comprising:

a first fiber optic distribution element including a chassis, the first fiber optic distribution element defining splice locations within the chassis;
a second fiber optic distribution element including a chassis, the second fiber optic distribution element defining adapters for receiving connectorized cabling, wherein the first and second fiber optic distribution elements are positioned on the same rack;
a fiber optic pigtail, wherein a first end of the pigtail is spliced at and extends from the splice locations of the first fiber optic distribution element, and a second end of the pigtail is connectorized with a fiber optic connector that is coupled to an adapter of the second fiber optic distribution element, the fiber optic pigtail extending between the first and second fiber optic distribution elements that are positioned on the same rack;
and
a cable manager removably mounted at the side of at least one of the first and second fiber optic distribution elements, the cable manager defining a U-shaped passage including ends that open toward one end of the first and second fiber optic distribution elements and a closed end defined by a curved wall at an opposite end from the open ends, the closed end not allowing input of cabling into the U-shaped passage in a direction parallel to the open ends, the U-shaped passage defining cable pass-throughs adjacent the closed end for transitioning cables from inside the U-shaped passage to an exterior of the U-shaped passage in a direction generally perpendicular to the open ends, wherein the connectorized pigtail is passed at least through a portion of the U-shaped passage and out the cable pass-through in leading the pigtail from the first fiber optic distribution element to the second fiber optic distribution element, wherein the cable manager further comprises mounting structures in the form of protrusions that intermate with receivers provided on the fiber optic distribution element on which the cable manager is mounted for removable attachment and detachment of the cable manager to the side of at least one of the first and second fiber optic distribution elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/048,496Filed 15 Apr 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 Apr 2018
Published: US 2021/0103112 A18 Apr 2021
Granted: 25 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G02B 6/44528
Systems or boxes with surplus lengths: patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box
G02B 6/44526
Distribution frames: panels or rackmounts covering a whole width of the frame or rack
G02B 6/4454
Cassettes: with splices
G02B 6/4455
Cassettes: characterised by the way of extraction or insertion of the cassette in the distribution frame, e.g. pivoting, sliding, rotating or gliding