Module comprising drop-in adapters
AssigneeThe Lan Wirewerks Research Laboratories Inc.
InventorsSimon Vigneault, Edouard Tabet
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Abstract
The present invention provides a module for use in a patch panel comprising: a housing; one or more drop-in fiber adapters; one or more drop-in rear adapters; and a removable housing cover. The housing comprises a planar base extending between a first and second end; one or more drop-in fiber adapter seats arranged transversely along the first end of the housing configured to receive the fiber adapters in a vertical direction; and one or more drop-in rear adapter seats located in the rear wall at the second end of the housing configured to receive a respective rear adapter in a vertical direction.
Claims22
A module for use in a patch panel, the module comprising:
- one or more drop-in fiber adapters;
- one or more drop-in rear adapters;
- a housing having a first forward end and a second rearward end, the housing comprising:
- a planar base extending between said first end and said second end,
- two sidewalls extending upwardly from the longitudinal edges of said base and a rear wall extending upwardly from the transversal edge at said second end;
- one or more drop-in fiber adapter seats located/arranged transversely along said first end of the housing, each said fiber adapter seat being defined by respective upwardly extending lateral walls, wherein the lateral walls of the adapter seats are configured to receive the fiber adapter in a vertical direction;
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- one or more drop-in rear adapter seats located in the rear wall at said second end of the housing, each said rear adapter seat being configured to receive a respective rear adapter in a vertical direction;
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- a removable housing cover.
A method for assembling a module comprising an end-to-end connected fiber assembly, comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing having a first forward end and a second rearward end, the housing comprising:
- a planar base extending between said first end and said second end,
- two sidewalls extending upwardly from the longitudinal edges of said base and a rear wall extending upwardly from the transversal edge at said second end;
- one or more drop-in fiber adapter seats located/arranged transversely along said first end of the housing, each said fiber adapter seat being defined by respective upwardly extending lateral walls, wherein the lateral walls of the adapter seats are configured to receive the fiber adapter in a vertical direction;
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- one or more drop-in rear adapter seats located in the rear wall at said second end of the housing, each said rear adapter seat being configured to receive a respective rear adapter in a vertical direction;
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- providing a fiber assembly comprising a fiber harness plugged into at least one fiber adapter at a first end and at least one rear adapter at a second end;
- dropping the fiber assembly into the housing, wherein each said fiber adapter is placed in a respective fiber adapter seat and each said rear adapter is placed in a respective rear adapter seat;
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- installing a cover onto the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.