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US 2008/0175550 A1Published application
Fiber optic adapter cassette and panel
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsHutch Coburn, Mark Smrha, Chad Sjodin
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Abstract
An adapter cassette including a housing and a plurality of fiber optic adapters. The fiber optic adapters being angled relative to a front plane defined by the housing. The fiber optic adapters being interconnected to a multi-fiber cable connecter by fiber optic cables located within an interior of the housing. The adapter cassette further including a quick-release cover that provides access to the interior of the housing.
Claims25
A fiber optic adapter cassette, comprising:
- a) a housing defining an interior, the housing including:
- i) a front wall defining a plurality of openings;
- ii) a rear wall opposite the front wall, the rear wall including an opening;
- b) a cover detachably secured to the housing, the cover including only a single moveable latch that is selectively moved relative to the cover to provide access to the interior of the housing;
- c) a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted within the openings of the front wall, each of the adapters defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end, the exterior connection ends of the adapters being angled in a non-perpendicular direction relative to a plane defined by the front wall of the housing, the plurality of fiber optic adapters including one of LC type adapters and SC type adapters;
- d) a multi-fiber cable adapter mounted within the opening of the rear wall of the housing, the multi-fiber cable adapter defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end;
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- e) a plurality of optical cable connections located within the interior of the housing, each optical cable connection being terminated to the internal connection end of the multi-fiber cable adapter and the internal connection end of one of the fiber optic adapters.
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A fiber optic adapter cassette, comprising:
- a) a housing defining an interior, the housing including:
- i) a front wall defining a plurality of openings;
- ii) a rear wall opposite the front wall;
- iii) a first side wall extending between the front wall and the rear wall;
- iv) a second side wall opposite the first side wall and extending between the front wall and the rear wall, the second side wall being non-parallel to the first side wall;
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- v) a bottom wall;
- b) a cover detachably secured to the housing, the cover providing access to the interior of the housing, the cover defining the top wall of the housing;
- c) a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted within the openings of the front wall, each of the adapters defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end, the exterior connection ends of the adapters being angled in a direction toward the second side wall of the housing;
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- d) a multi-fiber cable adapter mounted on the rear wall of the housing adjacent to the first side wall.
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A termination panel, comprising:
- a) a chassis;
- b) a plurality of adapter cassettes mounted to the chassis, each of the cassettes including:
- i) a housing defining an interior;
- ii) a cover detachably secured to the housing, the cover including a latch that provides access to the interior of the housing;
- iii) a plurality of angled fiber optic adapters mounted to the front of the housing, each of the adapters having an exterior connection end that angles toward the side of the chassis, the plurality of fiber optic adapters including one of LC type adapters and SC type adapters;
- iv) a multi-fiber cable adapter mounted to the rear of the housing;
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- v) a plurality of optical cable connections located within the interior of the housing, each optical cable connection being terminated to the multi-fiber cable adapter and one of the fiber optic adapters;
- c) a multi-fiber cable connected to the multi-fiber cable adapter of one of the adapter cassettes;
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- d) a patching cable connected to one of the angled fiber optic adapters of the one adapter cassette.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.