Fiber optic closure terminals with increased versatility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11815726-B2
Application number	US-202117343246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2021
Priority date	Nov 15, 2016
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to fiber optic closure terminals with increased versatility. A fiber optic closure terminal is provided that includes a mount assembly for mounting at least one fiber optic module within a housing. The mount assembly includes a pivotable plate and a translatable plate configured to pivot the at least one fiber optic module greater than ninety degrees thereby providing better access to fiber management features at a bottom of the base of the fiber optic closure terminal. The improved access increases versatility by facilitating installation and/or maintenance of connecting a fiber optic cable to optical connections in the fiber optic module(s). The fiber optic closure terminal can also include a strain relief assembly configured for attachment and removal from the base of the housing for increased versatility regarding installation and/or maintenance of the fiber optic closure terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fiber optic closure terminal, comprising:
a housing defining an interior, the housing comprising a base and a cover pivotably attached to the base, the cover configured to pivot between a first closed position relative to the base and a first open position relative to the base;
a mount assembly positioned within the interior of the housing, the mount assembly comprising:
a pivotable plate pivotally attached to the base of the housing, the pivotable plate configured to pivot between a second closed position relative to the base and a second open position relative to the base; and
a translatable plate translatably attached to the pivotable plate, the translatable plate configured to translate between a third closed position relative to the pivotable plate and a third open position relative to the pivotable plate; and

a fiber optic module mounted to the translatable plate, the fiber optic module movable with the translatable plate from an initial position relative to the base to a rotated position relative to the base, wherein the pivotable plate rotates greater than ninety degrees to move the fiber optic module from the initial position to the rotated position,
wherein the pivotable plate is configured to rotate greater than ninety degrees from the second closed position only when the translatable plate is in the third open position.

2. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 1 , wherein the mount assembly is enclosed within the interior of the housing when the cover is in the first closed position.

3. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 1 , wherein the translatable plate is configured such that when the pivotable plate is in the second closed position, the translatable plate is positioned within an interior of the base proximate a wall of the base to prevent the translatable plate from translating from the third closed position to the third open position.

4. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 3 , wherein the translatable plate is configured such that when the pivotable plate is in the second open position, at least a portion of the translatable plate is positioned outside the interior of the base and nonadjacent the wall of the base to allow the translatable plate to translate from the third closed position to the third open position.

5. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 1 , wherein the interior comprises a cover interior and a base interior, wherein at least a portion of the fiber optic module is positioned within the cover interior when the pivotable plate is in the second open position.

6. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a first wall, wherein the cover and the pivotable plate are pivotally attached to the first wall.

7. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic module comprises a plurality of stacked fiber optic splice trays.

8. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a plurality of feeder ports and the cover comprises a plurality of drop ports.

9. A fiber optic closure terminal, comprising:
a housing defining an interior, the housing comprising a base and a cover pivotably attached to the base, the cover configured to pivot between a first closed position relative to the base and a first open position relative to the base;
a mount assembly positioned within the interior of the housing, the mount assembly comprising:
a pivotable plate pivotally attached to the base of the housing, the pivotable plate configured to pivot between a second closed position relative to the base and a second open position relative to the base; and
a translatable plate translatably attached to the pivotable plate, the translatable plate configured to translate between a third closed position relative to the pivotable plate and a third open position relative to the pivotable plate; and
a fiber optic module mounted to the translatable plate, the fiber optic module movable with the translatable plate from an initial position relative to the base to a rotated position relative to the base, wherein the pivotable plate rotates greater than ninety degrees to move the fiber optic module from the initial position to the rotated position, and wherein the pivotable plate comprises a recessed channel and the translatable plate is translatable within the recessed channel.

10. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the pivotable plate further comprises a track in the recessed channel, and the translatable plate comprises a rail slidably engaged with the track.

11. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the mount assembly is enclosed within the interior of the housing when the cover is in the first closed position.

12. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the translatable plate is configured such that when the pivotable plate is in the second closed position, the translatable plate is positioned within an interior of the base proximate a wall of the base to prevent the translatable plate from translating from the third closed position to the third open position.

13. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 12 , wherein the translatable plate is configured such that when the pivotable plate is in the second open position, at least a portion of the translatable plate is positioned outside the interior of the base and nonadjacent the wall of the base to allow the translatable plate to translate from the third closed position to the third open position.

14. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the interior comprises a cover interior and a base interior, wherein at least a portion of the fiber optic module is positioned within the cover interior when the pivotable plate is in the second open position.

15. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the base comprises a first wall, wherein the cover and the pivotable plate are pivotally attached to the first wall.

16. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the fiber optic module comprises a plurality of stacked fiber optic splice trays.

17. The fiber optic closure terminal of claim 9 , wherein the base comprises a plurality of feeder ports and the cover comprises a plurality of drop ports.

Assignees

• Corning Inc

Inventors

• Xu Qing

Classifications

• G02B6/44526

  Panels or rackmounts covering a whole width of the frame or rack · CPC title

• G02B6/445 Primary

  with lateral pivoting cover · CPC title

• G02B6/4454 Primary

  with splices · CPC title

• G02B6/4455

  characterised by the way of extraction or insertion of the cassette in the distribution frame, e.g. pivoting, sliding, rotating or gliding · CPC title

• G02B6/4477

  with means for strain-relieving to interior strengths element · CPC title