Management device for hybrid cable
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsRonna Ellen Davis, Scott Martin Keith
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Abstract
An enclosure includes a management insert disposed within a housing to divide the interior into three levels. Hybrid cables enter the housing at the first level. Electrical conductors of the hybrid cables are terminated at the second level. Optical fibers of the hybrid cables are terminated at the third level. Excess length of the optical fibers may be stored at the third level. The management insert may be fastened to the housing using plugs received at select ones of the cable entrance/exit locations. A dedicated furcation enclosure is also disclosed.
Claims15
A method for concealing and managing a furcation location of a hybrid cable having first and second different types of transmission lines, the method comprising:
- concealing the furcation location within a furcation enclosure that mounts to a structure within a telecommunications room of a building, the furcation enclosure including an entrance opening for receiving the hybrid cable and first and second exit openings for respectively receiving the first and second different types of transmission lines the furcation enclosure including an internal divider at which the first and second different types of transmission lines are separated from one another to facilitate separately routing the first and second different types of transmission lines to their respective first and second exit openings, the furcation enclosure not including termination functionality.
A furcation enclosure comprising:
- a housing including an entrance opening for receiving a hybrid cable and first and second exit openings for respectively receiving first and second different types of transmission lines broken out from the hybrid cable within the housing, the housing including a base adapted to be connected to an external structure, the housing also including a front cover that removably mounts to the base and covers a front side of the base, wherein the front cover cooperates with the base to define the entrance opening, the first exit opening and the second exit opening;
- portions of the entrance opening, the first exit opening and the second exit opening defined by the front cover having open rear sides when the front cover is disconnected from the base:
- an internal divider at which the first and second different types of transmission lines are separated from one another to facilitate separately routing the first and second different types of transmission lines to their respective first and second exit openings, the internal divider being provided at the front side of the base and being located within an interior of the housing when the front cover is mounted to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.