Telecommunications connection cabinet
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsJames J. Solheid, Daniel Ray Mertesdorf, Matthew Holmberg, Trevor D. Smith, Joel B. Douglas, Kathleen M. Barnes, Marlon E. Holmquist, Thomas Caesar Tinucci, Cindy S. Walters, James W. Conroy
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Abstract
A telecommunications cabinet includes a cabinet housing; a fiber optic splitter; a plurality of spools disposed on a cable management surface; a panel oriented at a fixed angle relative to the access opening so that the panel extends laterally and rearwardly between the access opening and the cable management surface; and a plurality of adapters disposed on the panel.
Claims21
(canceled)
A communications cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet housing defining an interior, the cabinet housing having a front access opening permitting access to the interior, the cabinet housing including a door that moves between a closed position covering at least part of the front access opening and an open position allowing access to the interior through the front access opening;
- a column of radius limiters disposed within the interior of the cabinet housing;
- a panel disposed within the interior of the cabinet housing, the panel being oriented at a fixed angle relative to the front access opening so that the panel faces at least partially towards the front access opening and at least partially towards the column of radius limiters;
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- a plurality of optical adapters disposed at the panel, the adapters each defining a first port accessible through the front access opening and a second port facing in an opposite direction from the first port, the panel blocking access to the second ports from the front access opening.
A fanout module to separate a cable into individual fibers, the fanout module comprising:
- a body having first and second sides extending between opposite front and rear faces, the front face being angled with respect to the rear face, the rear face defining a cable opening;
- a first mounting flange disposed at the first side of the body;
- a second mounting flange disposed at the second side of the body;
- a plurality of cable breakouts disposed at the front face so that the cable breakouts are angled relative to the rear face of the body;
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- a cable extending into the body through the cable opening, the cable including a plurality of fibers, the fibers of the cable passing out of the body through the cable breakouts, the fibers being upjacketed at an exterior of the body, the fibers being terminated by plug connectors.
A splice module comprising:
- a housing having opposite first and second sides extending between a front and a rear to define an interior, the housing defining a cable opening leading to the interior;
- a first mounting flange disposed at the first side of the body;
- a second mounting flange disposed at the second side of the body;
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- a splice drawer mounted within the housing, the splice drawer being configured to slide relative to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.