US 2026/0093082 A1 · SPLICE CASSETTE

Abstract

A cassette assembly designed to be mounted to a rail of a tray arrangement in telecommunications systems. The assembly can include a cassette base with a channel that extends along its length and is positioned between the first and second side. The channel can be sized to receive the rail of the tray arrangement and can defines a splice holder receiving channel that exposes the top surface of the rail. The spool can be selectively coupleable to the cassette base and can have fiber management members for routing fibers within the interior of the cassette base. The splice holder can be selectively coupleable to the spool and can be positioned within the splice holder receiving channel, with its bottom surface adjacent to and facing the top of the rail of the tray arrangement, enabling the splice holder to be positioned above the rail.

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Dependent claims

A cassette assembly adapted to be mounted to a rail of a tray arrangement, the cassette assembly comprising:

a cassette base defining a channel extending at least partially along a length of the cassette base, the channel positioned at an intermediate width between a first side and a second side of the cassette and sized to receive the rail of the tray arrangement to enable the cassette base to extend over the rail of the tray arrangement, the channel defining a splice holder receiving channel having the effect of exposing a top surface of the rail of the tray arrangement to an interior of the cassette base;
a spool selectively coupleable to the cassette base, the spool defining one or more fiber management members to facilitate routing fibers or cables within the interior of the cassette base;
a splice holder selectively coupleable to the spool and positionable within the splice holder receiving channel defined by the cassette base, wherein a bottom surface of the splice holder is positioned adjacent to and faces a top of the rail of the tray arrangement, enabling the splice holder to be positioned above the rail of the tray arrangement.

A cassette assembly, comprising:

a cassette base adapted to be mounted to a rail of a tray arrangement, the cassette base defining a port member receiving aperture at a front of the cassette base, a cable entrance at a rear of the cassette base, and a region of the cassette base configured to receive a splice holder, wherein the cassette base defines one or more first structures configured to enable routing of a first fiber or cable from the port member receiving aperture at the front of the cassette base to the region of the cassette base configured to receive a splice holder, and one or more second structures to enable routing of a second fiber or cable from the cable entrance at the rear of the cassette base to the region of the cassette base configured to receive a splice holder;
and
a spool coupleable to the cassette base defining an S-shaped structure configured to enable routing of the first fiber or cable from the port member receiving aperture at the front of the cassette base to the region of the cassette base configured to receive a splice holder.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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