ASSEMBLIES FOR PULLING, PUSHING, OR BLOWING A PLURALITY OF PRETERMINATED FIBER OPTIC CABLES THROUGH A DUCT AND ASSEMBLING A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR INCLUDING THE PRETERMINATED FIBER OPTIC CABLE AFTER BEING PULLED, PUSHED, OR BLOWN THROUGH THE DUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20240345356A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18753967

    申请日:2024-06-25

    CPC classification number: G02B6/50 G02B6/441 G02B6/475 G02B6/545

    Abstract: An assembly for pulling, pushing, or blowing a plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables of a multi fiber cable through a duct includes a sleeve, a rod configured to be coupled with the sleeve, and a plurality of dust caps. The sleeve is configured to receive to be coupled with a multi fiber cable and to permit a plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables of the multi fiber cable to pass through the sleeve, and the rod includes a first end configured to be coupled with the sleeve. Each of the plurality of dust caps is configured to be coupled with a ferrule of one of the preterminated fiber optic cables, and each of the plurality of dust caps is configured to be coupled with the rod, thereby coupling the preterminated fiber optic cables with the rod. The preterminated fiber optic cables are configured to be assembled with a fiber optic connector, the deployment assembly has a cross-sectional footprint that is smaller than a cross-sectional footprint of a fiber optic connector that is configured to be assembled with the preterminated fiber optic cable, and the plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables are configured to be pushed, pulled, or blown together through a duct having an inner diameter than is less than a cross-sectional footprint of a fiber optic connector that is configured to be assembled with the preterminated fiber optic cable.

    ADAPTER CONFIGURED TO PERMIT A HEAT SHRINK SPLICE HOLDER PORTION OF A FIBER SPLICE CASSETTE TO HOLD A MECHANICAL CRIMP SPLICE PROTECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230324624A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US18133437

    申请日:2023-04-11

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3616 G02B6/4454

    Abstract: An adapter configured to permit a heat shrink splice holder portion of a fiber splice cassette to hold a mechanical crimp splice protector includes a base portion and a holding portion configured to extend from the base portion The holding portion may be configured to hold a first splice protector, and the base portion may be configured to include a receiving feature that may be configured to couple the adapter with a fiber splice cassette. The receiving feature may be configured to couple the adapter with a splice protector holder portion of a fiber splice cassette that is unable to hold the first splice protector so as to convert the splice protector holder portion to a splice protector holder portion that may be configured to hold the first splice protector.

    CABLE ADAPTER TRAY WITH SPLIT CABLE ROUTING CHANNEL CONFIGURED TO ENHANCE CABLE MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240248273A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18422146

    申请日:2024-01-25

    Abstract: An adapter management device configured to provide enhanced cable management that may include an adapter receiving portion, a perimeter portion, an inner cable retention portion, which may be configured to be positioned between the perimeter portion and the adapter receiving portion. and a cable receiving portion separator portion that may be configured to extend between the perimeter portion and the inner cable retention portion. The cable receiving portion separator portion may be structurally configured to provide a first cable routing path and a second cable routing path so as to enhance organization of cables in the adapter management device by providing two separate routing options for routing cables in the adapter management device.

    OPTICAL FIBER CABLE TRAY CLIP STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURED TO PIVOTALLY CONNECT TWO TRAYS TOGETHER TO LIMIT ACCESS TO LOWER TRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20240111112A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18375334

    申请日:2023-09-29

    CPC classification number: G02B6/4455

    Abstract: A coupling member for connecting two optical fiber cable trays includes: a first portion; a second portion at a first end of the first portion; a third portion at a second end of the first portion; a first tray receiving portion at the first end of the first portion; and a second tray receiving portion at the second end of the first portion. The first tray receiving portion may be configured to receive a first one of two optical fiber cable trays; the second tray receiving portion may be configured to receive a second one of the two optical fiber cable trays; and the coupling member may be configured to connect the two optical fiber cable trays together such that the two optical fiber cable trays are configured to pivot together so as to limit access to the second one of the two optical fiber cable trays.

    CABLE HOLDER STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURED TO SEALING HOLD DIFFERENT SIZED CABLES

    公开(公告)号:US20250052971A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18798808

    申请日:2024-08-08

    Abstract: A cable holder may include a body portion, a cable receiving portion structurally configured to extend through the body portion along a longitudinal axis of the body portion, and a sealing portion structurally configured to be coupled with the body portion. The sealing portion may include an engagement portion structurally configured to extend radially inward from the body portion into the cable receiving portion so as to narrow a cross-sectional passage through the cable receiving portion. A first portion of the engagement portion may be structurally configured to sealingly engage a cable having a first outside diameter that is greater than or equal to a first diameter and less than a second diameter, and the first portion and the second portion may be structurally configured to sealingly engage a cable having a second outside diameter that is greater than or equal to the second diameter such that the cable holder is structurally configured to sealingly hold cables having different sized diameters.

    CABLE ADAPTER TRAY WITH ACCESS OPENINGS CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE ENHANCED ACCESS TO ADAPTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240248272A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18422114

    申请日:2024-01-25

    CPC classification number: G02B6/44528 G02B6/445

    Abstract: An adapter management device configured to provide enhanced access to an adapter, includes: an adapter receiving portion; a perimeter portion; and a support portion that is configured to connect the adapter receiving portion to the perimeter portion. The adapter management device comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; and the support portion, the adapter receiving portion, and the perimeter portion are configured to define an open area inside the perimeter portion that is structurally configured to permit access to a first side of a cable connector that faces a same direction as the first side of the adapter management device and a second side of the cable connector that faces a same direction as the second side of the adapter management device so as to facilitate connecting the cable connector to, and disconnecting the cable connector from, the adapter receiving portion.

    OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR CONFIGURED TO BE TUNED SO AS TO MINIMIZE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LOSS

    公开(公告)号:US20240219647A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18402121

    申请日:2024-01-02

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3821 G02B6/3871

    Abstract: An optical fiber connector subassembly may include a tuning portion coupled with a ferrule and a receiving portion configured to be slidingly moved relative to the tuning portion. The receiving portion may be structurally configured to receive the tuning portion such that the tuning portion is rotationally fixed with the receiving portion. The receiving portion may comprise a bore having a number N of sides, and the tuning portion may comprise an outer surface having N sides configured to be received by the bore in any one of N relative rotational positions between the tuning portion and the receiving portion. The tuning portion may be configured to be rotated relative to the receiving portion so as to arrange the polygonal outer surface and the polygonal bore in one of the N relative rotational positions between the tuning portion and the receiving portion so as to minimize signal transmission loss when the ferrule abuts a mating ferrule.

    OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR QUICK RELEASE CLIP THAT PREVENTS DAMAGE TO AN OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR PULLED FROM AN ADAPTER

    公开(公告)号:US20240094478A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18368616

    申请日:2023-09-15

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3888 G02B6/3825

    Abstract: A retention portion configured to enable release of a cable connector from an adapter without manipulation of the retention portion or the connector by a user, includes: a first portion; and a second portion extending from the first portion. The first portion may comprise an adapter engaging portion that may engage a receiving portion of an adapter; the second portion may move a withdrawal resisting portion of a connector out of engagement with the second portion as the withdrawal resisting portion moves in a withdrawal direction relative to the first portion; and the second portion may be configured to permit the connector to be released from the adapter without manipulation of the connector by a user so as to prevent damage to the connector from the connector being pulled out of the adapter in the withdrawal direction by a force exerted on a cable connected to the connector.

    MULTI-FIBER PUSH ON (MPO) CONNECTOR THAT IS CONFIGURED TO BE FIELD ASSEMBLED AFTER BEING PUSHED THROUGH A DUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20230314727A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18129000

    申请日:2023-03-30

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3885 G02B6/3893 G02B6/387 G02B6/3833

    Abstract: A multi-fiber push on (MPO) connector configured to be field assembled after being pushed through a duct may include a ferrule portion configured to terminate fibers of a multi-fiber cable and a sub-assembly portion. The sub-assembly portion may be configured to include an adapter portion that may be configured to be coupled with the ferrule portion, a retaining portion that may be configured to be coupled with the multi-fiber cable, and a biasing portion that may be configured to extend on one or more sides of the fibers of the multi-fiber cable and to couple the adapter portion with the retaining portion. The biasing portion may be configured to apply one or more biasing forces to the adapter portion on one or more sides of the fibers to urge the ferrule portion in a forward direction such that the one or more biasing forces are balanced on such one or more sides of the fibers.

    HOUSING FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR THAT RELEASES FROM A RECEPTACLE IN RESPONSE TO A PULLING FORCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230213706A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18092107

    申请日:2022-12-30

    CPC classification number: G02B6/3831

    Abstract: A housing for an optical fiber connector may include a body portion that may be configured to be received by an optical fiber receptacle and a latching portion that may be configured to extend from the body portion proximate a first end of the body portion. The body portion and the latching portion also may be configured to be slidingly received in an optical fiber receptacle via a first end of the receptacle. The latching portion further may be configured to be urged toward the body portion by the receptacle in response to a predetermined pulling force applied to the housing in a direction away from the first end of the receptacle to de-latch the housing from the receptacle such that the housing is slidingly removed from the receptacle without manually operating the latching portion so as to prevent damage to the connector, the receptacle, and/or a fiber terminated by the connector.

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