REMOVABLY MOUNTABLE FIBER OPTIC TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A fiber optic terminal, comprising:
- a housing for receiving a first fiber optic cable routed in a cable tray, wherein the housing has a top, a bottom, a front section and a back side, and wherein the housing is removably mounted to the cable tray;
a fiber optic adapter for optically connecting an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable with an optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable, and wherein the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to fiber optic equipment, and wherein the fiber optic adapter is angled in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend.
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Abstract
A zero-U, high-density fiber optic terminal for data centers and central offices is disclosed. The terminal may be used for optical fiber interconnection and/or optical fiber and fiber optic cable storage. The terminal is removably mountable to a cable tray above fiber optic equipment, in a subfloor below fiber optic equipment or on a wall in proximity of fiber optic equipment. Additionally, the terminal may have an adapter panel with fiber optic adapters for optically connecting the optical fiber of a first fiber optic cable received from the cable tray and the optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable. The second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to the fiber optic equipment. The adapter panel and the fiber optic adapters are angled generally in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend. Angling the fiber optic adapters in this manner accommodates routing of second fiber optic cable, and provides ease of access to the fiber optic adapters for connecting and disconnecting fiber optic connectors and to slack storage components for cable management mounted in the terminal.
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17 Claims
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1. A fiber optic terminal, comprising:
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a housing for receiving a first fiber optic cable routed in a cable tray, wherein the housing has a top, a bottom, a front section and a back side, and wherein the housing is removably mounted to the cable tray; a fiber optic adapter for optically connecting an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable with an optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable, and wherein the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to fiber optic equipment, and wherein the fiber optic adapter is angled in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A fiber optic terminal, comprising:
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a housing for receiving a first fiber optic cable routed, wherein the housing has a top, a bottom, a front section and a back side, wherein the bottom is connected to the back side by a hinge allowing the housing to be opened and closed by rotating the bottom about the hinge; a latch plate on the front section, wherein the latch plate has a latch mechanism configured to releasably engage the bottom to the latch plate when the housing is in the closed position; and a fiber optic adapter for optically connecting an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable with an optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable, and wherein the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend to fiber optic equipment proximate the fiber optic terminal, and wherein the fiber optic adapter is angled in the direction in which the second fiber optic cable is intended to extend, and wherein the housing is adapted to be removably mountable to one of a cable tray above the fiber optic equipment, a sub-floor below the fiber optic equipment, and a wall in proximity to the fiber optic equipment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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Specification