Telescoping Fiber Optic Module and Related Equipment
First Claim
1. A fiber optic module, comprising:
- a fixed housing portion having an opening on a front side defining a passage inside the fixed housing portion, wherein the fixed housing portion includes a rear side opposite the front side configured to receive one or more rear side fiber optic adaptors or fiber optic connectors; and
a telescoping portion received in the passage and configured to telescope outward to the front of the fiber optic module.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed in the detailed description include a telescoping fiber optic module. The telescoping fiber optic module may be provided in a fiber optic equipment chassis which may be disposed in an equipment rack to support fiber optic connections. In embodiments disclosed herein, the telescoping fiber optic module is comprised of a fixed housing portion having an opening on a front side defining a passage inside the fixed housing portion. The fiber optic module is also comprised of a telescoping portion received in the passage inside the fixed housing portion. In this manner, the telescoping portion can telescope in and out of the fixed housing portion. This allows fiber optic connectors or adapters disposed in the telescoping portion and any connections made thereto to be telescoped out for improved access and telescoped back into the fixed housing portion when access is no longer needed.
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28 Claims
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1. A fiber optic module, comprising:
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a fixed housing portion having an opening on a front side defining a passage inside the fixed housing portion, wherein the fixed housing portion includes a rear side opposite the front side configured to receive one or more rear side fiber optic adaptors or fiber optic connectors; and a telescoping portion received in the passage and configured to telescope outward to the front of the fiber optic module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A fiber optic apparatus, comprising:
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a chassis comprised of one or more slots; and one or more telescoping fiber optic modules each comprising; a fixed housing portion contained in a slot among the one or more slots, wherein the fixed housing portion includes a rear side opposite the front side configured to receive one or more rear side fiber optic adaptors or fiber optic connectors; and a telescoping portion received in the fixed housing portion and configured to telescope in and out of the fixed housing portion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A fiber optic apparatus, comprising:
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a chassis comprised of at least five horizontally-arranged rows each having one or more vertically-arranged slots; at least five telescoping fiber optic modules each configured to support at least twelve fiber optic connections and disposed across a rows among the at least five horizontally-arranged rows among the one or more slots, each of the at least five telescoping fiber optic modules comprising; a fixed housing portion contained in a slot among the one or more slots, wherein the fixed housing portion includes a rear side opposite the front side configured to receive one or more rear side fiber optic adaptors or fiber optic connectors; and a telescoping portion received in the fixed housing portion and configured to telescope in and out of the fixed housing portion. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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Specification