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US 12,470,049 B2Granted
Management device for hybrid cable
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorScott 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.
Claims19
An enclosure comprising:
- a housing including a main housing body including a base and a plurality of walls that project forwardly from the base, the main housing body having an open front side and a depth that extends from the open front side to the base, the housing also including a cover movable between a first position in which the open front side of the main housing body is covered and a second position in which the open front side of the main housing body is uncovered, the housing defining cable entrance/exit locations through the walls adjacent the base;
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- a management device that divides the housing into three levels along the depth, the three levels including first, second, and third levels, the first level being adjacent the base and providing open space for breaking out optical fibers and electrical conductors from hybrid cables routed into the housing through the cable entrance/exit locations, the third level being adjacent the open front side of the main housing body and including fiber optic adapters and at least one fiber storage spool, the second level being between the first and third levels and including an electrical conductor termination structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.