Fiber optic terminal enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10281670-B2
Application number	US-201615542572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2016
Priority date	Jan 12, 2015
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A terminal enclosure with a terminal base with a hole; a terminal lid with an adapter mounting face and a mounting hole in the mounting face; a right angle transition body with first and second ends; an adapter which passes through the mounting hole and is mounted to the mounting face; and a fiber optic cable, attached to the second end of the right angle transition body, with an optical fiber with a connector at one end. The mounting face is formed at an angle α, between 0 and 180 degrees, from a plane formed where the terminal lid and base meet. The optical fiber connector is connected to the adapter. The first end of the right angle transition body passes through the terminal base hole. The terminal base and terminal lid are configured to be attached together.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal enclosure comprising:
a terminal base with a hole;
a terminal lid with an adapter mounting face and a mounting hole in said adapter mounting face;
a right angle transition body with a first end and a second end;
an adapter which passes through said mounting hole and is mounted to said adapter mounting face; and
a fiber optic cable, attached to said second end of said right angle transition body, with an optical fiber with a connector at one end;
wherein said adapter mounting face is formed at an angle α, between 0 and 180 degrees, from a plane formed where said terminal lid and said terminal base meet;
wherein said optical fiber connector is connected to said adapter;
wherein said first end of said right angle transition body passes through said terminal base hole;
wherein said terminal base and terminal lid are configured to be attached together; and
wherein said terminal base has a pocket and said right angle transition body is positioned in said terminal base pocket.

2. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 further comprising:
a plurality of mounting faces on said terminal lid, each of said mounting faces comprises a plurality of mounting holes; and
a plurality of adapters passing through said mounting holes and mounted to said adapter mounting faces.

3. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 wherein said right angle transition body comprises two body halves.

4. The terminal enclosure of claim 3 wherein said right angle transition body has a wedge-like shape.

5. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 wherein said adapter is a hardened fiber optic adapter.

6. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 wherein said fiber optic cable comprises a furcation tube organizer block.

7. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 wherein said angle α is approximately 45 degrees.

8. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 wherein said angle α is in a range between approximately 30 and 60 degrees.

9. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 wherein said right angle transition body does not extend beyond a plane formed at the bottom of said terminal base.

Assignees

• Afl Telecommunications Llc

Inventors

• Vaughn Roger
• Lichoulas Ted
• Courchaine Wilfred

Classifications

• G02B6/3825

  with an intermediate part, e.g. adapter, receptacle, linking two plugs · CPC title

• G02B6/3879

  Linking of individual connector plugs to an overconnector, e.g. using clamps, clips, common housings comprising several individual connector plugs · CPC title

• G02B6/3897

  Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards (G02B6/44528 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/4441 Primary

  Boxes · CPC title

• G02B6/3887

  Anchoring optical cables to connector housings, e.g. strain relief features · CPC title