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US 9,541,724 B2Granted
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.
Claims17
A telecommunications cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet housing defining an interior, the cabinet housing having an access opening and a door for opening and closing the access opening;
- a frame mounted within the interior of the cabinet housing;
- fiber optic cords having ends terminated by fiber optic connectors;
- at least one adapter module that mounts on the frame, the adapter module including a plurality of fiber optic adapters, the adapter module also including an optical splitter, the fiber optic adapters including front ports that are mateable with fiber optic connectors;
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- a connector storage structure positioned within the interior of the cabinet housing, the connector storage structure comprising at least one connector holder configured to receive at least one of the fiber optic connectors, the at least one connector holder comprising a main housing, an interior cavity defined by the main housing, and at least one clip for releasably mounting the main housing within the telecommunications cabinet, the at least one connector holder being configured differently than the fiber optic adapters.
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A telecommunications cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet housing defining an interior, the cabinet housing having an access opening and a door for opening and closing the access opening;
- a frame mounted within the interior of the cabinet housing;
- fiber optic cords having ends terminated by fiber optic connectors;
- at least one adapter module that mounts on the frame, the adapter module including a plurality of fiber optic adapters, the adapter module also including an optical splitter, the fiber optic adapters including ports that are mateable with the fiber optic connectors;
- a connector storage structure positioned within the interior of the cabinet housing, the connector storage structure comprising at least one connector holder configured to receive at least one of the fiber optic connectors, the at least one connector holder comprising a main housing, an interior cavity defined by the main housing, and at least one clip for releasably mounting the main housing within the telecommunications cabinet, the connector holders being configured differently than the fiber optic adapters;
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- wherein the optical splitter is configured to combine signals from the fiber optic cords when the fiber optic connectors of the fiber optic cords are mated with the ports of the fiber optic adapters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.