Fiber Optic Splice Tray
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsOscar Fernando Bran de Leon, Ryan J. Owens, Nicholas Torman
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Abstract
A splice tray includes a splice region and a fiber management region to facilitate splicing together two or more fibers. A cover may be pivotally coupled to the splice tray. The splice tray may be pivotally coupled to a second splice trays by coupling the splice tray to the cover of the second splice tray using an attachment assembly to form a splice tray arrangement. An attachment assembly may include one or more protrusions on the cover of the first splice tray that fit within openings and/or channels defined in the second splice tray or vice versa.
Claims17
A splice tray arrangement comprising:
- a first splice tray defining an interior in which a fiber splice region is arranged, the first splice tray also including at least one hinge pin defining a pivot axis;
- a first cover including at least one mounting receptacle by which the first cover can be pivotally mounted to the hinge pin of first splice tray, the first cover being configured to pivot about the pivot axis between open and closed positions;
- a second splice tray defining an interior in which a fiber splice region is arranged;
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- an attachment assembly configured to secure the second splice tray to the first cover, wherein pivoting the first cover from the closed position to the open position pivots the second splice tray away from the first splice tray and wherein pivoting the first cover from the open position to the closed position pivots the second splice tray toward the first splice tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.