Optical fiber management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10495834-B2
Application number	US-201916356139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2019
Priority date	Oct 1, 2014
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure includes devices and systems for optical fiber management. One embodiment includes a device comprising an integrated separation surface separating an upper level of storage and a lower level of storage and an integrated adapter plate comprising a number of optical connectors and arranged at a first angle with respect to a floor of the device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
an optical fiber management cassette comprising pre-terminated connectors, a separation surface separating an upper level of storage and a lower level of storage, and a non-removable, angled adaptor plate, wherein the separation surface and the adaptor plate are angled differently with respect to a floor of the optical fiber management cassette; and
a cabinet comprising:
a radius limiter;
a swinging arm connector to receive the optical fiber management cassette;
a splitter housing; and
a base configured for integrated optical fiber slack storage of at least one of:

buffer tube; and
ribbon cable.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cabinet further comprises a disposable parking lot for optical fibers.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the optical fiber management cassette further comprises tabs configured to be received by the swinging arm to stabilize the optical fiber management cassette.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the radius limiter is configured to limit a bend radius of optical fiber within the cabinet when configured in a vertical orientation.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the radius limiter is configured to limit a bend radius of optical fiber within the cabinet when configured in a horizontal orientation.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the radius limiter comprises a plurality of overlapping retention arms configured to limit a bend radius of optical fiber within the cabinet.

7. A system comprising:
an optical fiber management cassette comprising pre-terminated connectors and further comprising:
an integrated separation surface separating an upper level of storage and a lower level of storage, and
an integrated adapter plate arranged at a first angle with respect to a floor of the cassette and configured to receive a number of optical connectors in the upper level of storage;
wherein the separation surface is arranged at a second angle with respect to the floor of the cassette and configured to accommodate at least one optical fiber management component in the lower level of storage, the first angle and the second angle being different angles; and

a cabinet comprising:
a radius limiter,
a swinging arm connector to receive the optical fiber management cassette,
a splitter housing, and
a base configured for integrated optical fiber slack storage of at least one of:

buffer tube; and
ribbon cable.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the integrated adapter plate is not removable from the device.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the optical fiber includes ribbon fiber.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the cassette comprises a resiliently connected cover.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one optical fiber management component includes at least one of:
a distribution fiber pigtail; and
a heat shrink fusion sleeve.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the cassette comprises an identifier portion providing an identifier for each respective one of the number of optical connectors.

13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a ribbonizing tool resiliently connected to the cassette.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the ribbonizing tool comprises a void to receive ribbonizing coating.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the ribbonizing tool comprises a spring tab to facilitate opening and closing of the ribbonizing tool over an optical fiber.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the ribbonizing tool is configured to:
deposit a particular amount of ribbonizing coating on an optical fiber pulled through the ribbonizing tool;
align the optical fiber in a particular alignment; and
deposit the particular amount of ribbonizing coating such that it has a particular surface tension.

Assignees

• Clearfield Inc

Inventors

• Hill John P
• Vanhorn Randy T
• Povlitzki Joshua J
• Power Ii Walter E

Classifications

• G02B6/4476

  with heat-shrinkable elements · CPC title

• G02B6/3897

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

• G02B6/4442

  Cap coupling boxes · CPC title

• G02B6/4452

  Distribution frames · CPC title

• G02B6/4478

  Bending relief means · CPC title