US 2003/0113086 A1 · Optical splitter module

Abstract

The present invention is an optical splitter module having couplers splitting signals transmitted through cables to which one or more optical connectors are attached. The optical splitter module further comprises an adaptor holder having a front surface and a rear surface. The optical splitter module maintains a plurality of optical adaptors therethrough such that the optical adaptors are exposed to the outside of the module. The optical splitter module further comprises a housing for maintaining couplers therein and which has a bottom and sidewalls upwardly extending from the bottom, and a cover positioned on the sidewalls to close an upper portion of the housing. The bottom of the housing is provided with a contact portion engaged to the rear surface of the adaptor holder. The cover further comprises a contact portion engaged with the rear surface of the adaptor holder. The height of the module is smaller than the sum of the thickness of the bottom of the housing, the thickness of the cover and the height of the optical adapters.

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Dependent claims

An optical splitter module having couplers splitting signals transmitted through cables to which one or more optical connectors are attached, the optical splitter module comprising:

an adaptor holder having a front surface and a rear surface, the holder maintaining a plurality of optical adaptors therethrough such that the optical adaptors are exposed out of the module;
a housing for maintaining couplers therein, the housing having a bottom and sidewalls extending upward from the bottom, the bottom having a first contact portion engaged with said rear surface of said adaptor holder, and the sidewalls defining an upper portion of the housing;
and
a cover positioned on said sidewalls for closing said upper portion of said housing, and the cover has a second contact portion engaged with said rear surface of said adaptor holder;
wherein the height of said optical splitter module is smaller than the sum of the thickness of said bottom of said housing, the thickness of said cover and the height of said optical adapters.

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An optical splitter module having couplers splitting signals transmitted through cables to which one or more optical connectors are attached, the optical splitter module, comprising:

an adaptor holder having a front surface and a rear surface and maintaining a plurality of optical adaptors therethrough such that the optical adaptors are exposed out of the module, the adaptor holder having a wrinkled portion with a plurality of peaks and gullies alternately formed along a lengthwise direction of the adaptor holder, wherein the peaks protrude towards the front surface and the gullies protrude towards the rear surface of the adaptor holder;
a housing for maintaining couplers therein, the housing having a bottom and sidewalls extending upward from the bottom, the bottom having a toothed portion engaged with said wrinkled portion at said rear surface of said adaptor holder, and the sidewalls defining an upper portion of the housing;
and
a cover positioned on said sidewalls to close said upper portion of said housing and having a toothed portion engaged with said wrinkled portion at said rear surface of said adaptor holder;
wherein the height of said optical splitter module is smaller than the sum of the thickness of said bottom of said housing, the thickness of said cover and the height of said optical adapters.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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