Fiber optic wall outlet with slack storage
First Claim
1. A wall outlet adapted for mounting to a wall and for facilitating at least one optical connection between an optical fiber generally routed through the wall and an optical fiber provided generally outside the wall, the wall outlet comprising:
- a body defining an outwardly-facing portion and a wall-facing portion opposed thereto, wherein the wall-facing portion comprises at least one surface adapted for mounting to the wall and the outwardly-facing portion comprises a face of the wall outlet;
at least one optical fiber adapter joined to the body, wherein the optical fiber adapter is adapted for optically connecting to the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and provides a receptacle to receive a connector of the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall; and
a panel joined to the body, wherein the panel comprises at least one optical fiber routing guide adapted to provide slack storage for the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and wherein at least one optical fiber routing guide is defined on a wall-facing surface of the panel;
wherein the optical fiber routing guide defines a minimum bend radius of less than about one inch.
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Abstract
There is provided a wall outlet with at least one optical fiber adapter, wherein the wall outlet provides slack storage for an optical fiber generally routed through the wall. The wall outlet comprises a panel that includes at least one optical fiber routing guide adapted to provide slack storage for the optical fiber generally routed though the wall. The panel may be moveably joined to the wall outlet body and the optical fiber routing guide may define a minimum bend radius of less than about one inch. The wall outlet provides improved storage of optical fiber slack that may be utilized when optically connecting an optical fiber to the optical fiber adapter.
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30 Claims
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1. A wall outlet adapted for mounting to a wall and for facilitating at least one optical connection between an optical fiber generally routed through the wall and an optical fiber provided generally outside the wall, the wall outlet comprising:
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a body defining an outwardly-facing portion and a wall-facing portion opposed thereto, wherein the wall-facing portion comprises at least one surface adapted for mounting to the wall and the outwardly-facing portion comprises a face of the wall outlet; at least one optical fiber adapter joined to the body, wherein the optical fiber adapter is adapted for optically connecting to the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and provides a receptacle to receive a connector of the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall; and a panel joined to the body, wherein the panel comprises at least one optical fiber routing guide adapted to provide slack storage for the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and wherein at least one optical fiber routing guide is defined on a wall-facing surface of the panel; wherein the optical fiber routing guide defines a minimum bend radius of less than about one inch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wall outlet adapted for mounting to a wall and for facilitating at least one optical connection between an optical fiber generally routed through the wall and an optical fiber provided generally outside the wall, the wall outlet comprising:
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a body defining an outwardly-facing portion and a wall-facing portion opposed thereto, wherein the wall-facing portion comprises at least one surface adapted for mounting to the wall and the outwardly-facing portion comprises a face of the wall outlet; at least one optical fiber adapter, wherein the optical fiber adapter is adapted for optically connecting to the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and provides a receptacle to receive a connector of the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall; and a panel moveably joined to the body, wherein the panel comprises at least one optical fiber routing guide adapted to provide slack storage for the optical fiber generally routed through the wall, the at least one optical fiber routing guide configured so that the slack storage is about a plane that is generally parallel to the face of the wall outlet. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of mounting a wall outlet to a wall to facilitate at least one optical connection between an optical fiber generally routed through the wall and an optical fiber provided generally outside the wall, the method comprising:
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providing the optical fiber generally routed through the wall, wherein at least one end of the optical fiber generally routed through the wall is provided proximate a location to which the wall outlet will be mounted; optically connecting the optical fiber generally routed through the wall to an optical fiber adapter of the wall outlet, wherein the optical fiber adapter provides a receptacle to receive a connector of the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall; storing slack of the optical fiber generally routed through the wall so that the slack is stored in an area having a depth of about 0.5 inch from an outer face of the outlet, wherein the slack storage is provided by at least one optical fiber routing guide of a panel and wherein the optical fiber routing guide defines a minimum bend radius of less than about one inch; and removably fastening the wall outlet to the wall. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A wall outlet adapted for mounting to a wall and for facilitating at least one optical connection between an optical fiber generally routed through the wall and an optical fiber provided generally outside the wall, the wall outlet comprising:
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a body defining an outwardly-facing portion and a wall-facing portion opposed thereto, wherein the wall-facing portion comprises at least one surface adapted for mounting to the wall; at least one optical fiber adapter, wherein the optical fiber adapter is adapted for optically connecting to the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and provides a receptacle to receive a connector of the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall; and at least one optical fiber routing guide provided on the wall-facing portion of the body of the wall outlet, wherein the at least one optical fiber routing guide is adapted to provide slack storage for the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wall outlet adapted for mounting to a wall and for facilitating at least one optical connection between an optical fiber generally routed through the wall and an optical fiber provided generally outside the wall, the wall outlet comprising:
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a body defining an outwardly-facing portion and a wall-facing portion opposed thereto, wherein the wall-facing portion comprises at least one surface adapted for mounting to the wall and the outwardly-facing portion comprises a face of the wall outlet; at least one optical fiber adapter, wherein the optical fiber adapter is optically connected to the optical fiber generally routed through the wall and provides a receptacle to receive a connector of the optical fiber provided generally outside the wall; and at least one optical fiber routing guide adapted to provide slack storage for the optical fiber generally routed through the wall so that the slack storage is about a plane that is generally parallel to the face of the wall outlet; wherein the at least one optical fiber routing guide is adapted to provide slack storage for a microstructured optical fiber comprising a core region and a cladding region surrounding the core region, the cladding region comprising an annular hole-containing region comprised of non-periodically disposed holes. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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