Fiber optic terminal enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10830975-B2
Application number	US-201916715788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2019
Priority date	Jan 12, 2015
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

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, front a plane framed 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 defining a hole;
a terminal lid connected to the base;
a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the terminal lid; and
a transition body extending between a first end and a second end, the first end extending along a direction different from the second end,
wherein the first end extends through the hole, and
wherein the transition body does not extend beyond a plane formed by the bottom of the terminal base.

2. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the transition body is a right-angle transition body.

3. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the terminal lid comprises a plurality of adapter mounting faces, each of the plurality of adapter mounting faces defining a mounting hole, and wherein each of the plurality of fiber optic adapters is mounted to one of the plurality of adapter mounting faces.

4. The terminal enclosure of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of adapter mounting faces is formed at an angle between 0 and 180 degrees from a plane formed where the terminal lid the terminal base connect.

5. The terminal enclosure of claim 4 , wherein the angle is 45 degrees.

6. The terminal enclosure of claim 4 , wherein the angle is between 30 and 60 degrees.

7. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the transition body comprises two body halves.

8. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the adapter is a hardened fiber optic adapter.

9. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the transition body comprises a furcation tube organizer block.

10. The terminal enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising a fiber optic cable comprising an outer tube, a strength member, a buffer tube, and an optical fiber, the strength member and buffer tube surrounded by the outer tube, the optical fiber surrounded by the buffer tube, the fiber optic cable connected to the transition body.

11. The terminal enclosure of claim 10 , wherein the outer tube, strength member, and buffer tube terminate within the transition body, and wherein the optical fiber extends through the transition body and through the hole.

12. The terminal enclosure of claim 11 , wherein a connector is disposed on the end of the optical fiber, and wherein the connector is connected to one of the plurality of fiber optic adapters.

Assignees

• Afl Telecommunications Llc

Inventors

• Vaughn Roger
• Lichoulas Ted
• Courchaine Wilfred

Classifications

• G02B6/44515

  Fibre drop terminals with surplus length (without surplus length G02B6/4472) · CPC title

• G02B6/44528 Primary

  Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box (routing arrangements H04Q1/00) · CPC title

• 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

• G02B6/3887

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