Reconfigurable modular fiber optic cassette
OwnerDouglas Paul O'Connorinventor
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Abstract
Reconfigurable modular fiber optic cassettes are provided including a cassette assembly having first and second half-cassettes each having one or more sides extending from a surface, assembly tabs formed in/on the sides wherein, in a mirrored orientation of the first and second half-cassettes, the assembly tabs interlock to form the cassette assembly, an interior volume of the cassette assembly, at least one opening in the sides sized to receive an adapter panel, and mounting tabs extending from the sides, the mounting tabs configured to interlock with mounting slots of an adapter plate, an adapter panel including the adapter plate having the mounting slots and adapter slots between the mounting slots, and one or more adapters mounted in the adapter slots.
Claims18
A reconfigurable modular fiber optic cassette comprising:
- a cassette assembly including:
- identical first and second half-cassettes each having one or more sides extending outward from a surface thereof and around a portion of a circumference thereof,
- a plurality of assembly tabs, each formed in or on the one or more sides wherein, in a mirrored orientation of the first and second half-cassettes, the plurality of assembly tabs interlocks to form the cassette assembly,
- an interior volume of the cassette assembly defined between the surfaces and the sides of the first and second half-cassettes,
- at least one opening defined in the sides of the cassette assembly, the opening sized to receive an adapter panel, and
- first and second mounting tabs extending from the sides of the cassette assembly adjacent the opening, the first and second mounting tabs configured to interlock with first and second mounting slots of an adapter plate;
- and
- the adapter panel including;
- the adapter plate including:
- the first and second mounting slots defined therein, and
- one or more adapter slots defined in the adapter plate between the first and second mounting slots;
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- one or more adapters mounted in the adapter slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.