Module and enclosure for use therein
AssigneeCommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
InventorsBart Mattie CLAESSENS, Erwin BECKERS, Jan OVERSTEYNS
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Abstract
A fiber optic module includes a housing having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface. The module includes an input configured to receive at least one module input fiber. The module includes at least one connectorized pigtail output routed from the housing. The pigtail output is configured to carry a signal from at the at least one module input fiber entering the housing via the input. The module further includes at least one connector storage feature disposed on the first major surface of the housing. The connector storage feature is configured to receive and store the connectorized pigtail output.
Claims20
A fiber optic module comprising:
- a housing having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface;
- an input configured to receive at least one module input fiber;
- at least one connectorized pigtail output routed from the housing, the pigtail output being configured to carry a signal from the at least one module input fiber entering the housing via the input;
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- at least one connector storage feature disposed on the first major surface of the housing, the connector storage feature being configured to receive and store the connectorized pigtail output.
An enclosure comprising:
- a base defining a splice region;
- a cover coupled to the base to move between a closed position and an open position, the cover and the base cooperating to define an interior when the cover is in the closed position, the cover providing access to the interior when in the open position;
- a plurality of ruggedized adapters disposed on the cover, each ruggedized adapter having an inner port accessible from an inner side of the cover and an outer port accessible from an outer side of the cover;
- a module disposed at the inner side of the cover, at least one module input fiber being routed from the splice region of the base to the module, wherein the at least one module input fiber is output from the module as a pigtail having a connectorized end configured to be connected to the inner port of one of the ruggedized adapters, the module defining a first major surface having connector storage, the connector storage being configured to receive and hold the connectorized end of the pigtail;
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- a cable input location for receiving an input cable that includes at least one tube surrounding at least one feeder fiber that carries the same signal as the at least one module input fiber being routed from the splice region to the module, the input cable being anchored to the base at the cable input location.
A fiber optic module comprising:
- a housing having a first major surface and an opposite second major surface;
- an input configured to receive at least one module input fiber;
- at least one connectorized pigtail output routed from the housing, the pigtail output being configured to carry a signal from the at least one module input fiber entering the housing via the input;
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- at least one window opening in the first major surface of the housing, the window opening exposing an interior of the module and a portion of the second major surface of the module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.