Fiber management components for telelcommunications closures
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsMiguel Angel Gutierrez, Jesus Gustavo Pureco Chico, Harry L. Vaswani, Genaro Neri, Luis Carlos Mendoza
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Abstract
Fiber management assemblies for telecommunications closures. The assembly includes a frame adapted to conform to the wall of a housing piece of a closure. A fiber management tray is pivotally coupled to the frame. The frame supports the tray and spaces the tray away from fiber optic connectors positioned in connector ports defined by the closure. In addition, the pivotability of the tray relative to the frame can provide access to the connectors and/or connector ports without disrupting fiber management on the tray itself.
Claims24
A telecommunications closure, comprising:
- first and second housing pieces configured to cooperate to define a re-enterable closure volume, the first housing piece including a plurality of connector ports adapted to mate with fiber optic connectors and an interior wall that defines a fiber management volume of the closure volume;
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- a frame configured to connect to a fiber management tray, the frame including an outer wall defining an opening within the frame and configured to conform to the interior wall of the first housing piece, a plurality of the connector ports being accessible through the opening defined by the outer wall of the frame for installing connectors in, or removing the connectors from, the plurality of the connector ports when the frame is coupled to the first housing piece.
A telecommunications closure, comprising:
- first and second housing pieces configured to cooperate to define a re-enterable closure volume, the first housing piece including a plurality of connector ports adapted to mate with fiber optic connectors and an interior wall that defines a fiber management volume of the closure volume;
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- a fiber manager comprising:
- a frame, the frame including an outer wall defining an opening within the frame and configured to conform to the interior wall of the first housing piece;
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- a fiber organizing tray, the fiber organizing tray and the frame being configured to cooperate to define first and second configurations of the fiber manager,
- wherein in the first configuration first and second opposite sides of the tray are connected to first and second opposing sides, respectively, of the outer wall of the frame;
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- wherein in the second configuration one of the first and second opposite sides of the tray is not connected to the corresponding first or second side of the outer wall such that a first of the connector ports is accessible through the opening defined by the outer wall of the frame for installing a connector in, or removing the connector from, the first connector port.
A telecommunications closure, comprising:
- first and second housing pieces configured to cooperate at an interface to define a re-enterable closure volume, the first housing piece including an interior wall that defines a fiber management volume of the closure volume, the fiber management volume being bounded by a reference plane defined by the interface, the first housing piece including a plurality of connector ports adapted to mate with fiber optic connectors;
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- a fiber manager comprising:
- a frame, the frame including an outer wall defining an opening within the frame and configured to conform to the interior wall of the first housing piece;
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- a fiber organizing tray, the fiber organizing tray and the frame being configured to cooperate with each other and with the first housing piece such that no portion of the frame or the fiber organizing extends through the reference plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.