FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTION DEVICE

• US 20130016952A1
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CCS Technology Inc. (Corning Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CCS Technology Inc. (Corning Incorporated)
• Inventors: Knuth, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US13/479,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20130016952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 385/135
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4471 Terminating devices demountable connectors G02B6/3807; Cable clamps

Abstract

A fiber optic distribution device for indoor applications is disclosed. The fiber optic distribution device comprises a housing having at least one inlet opening for at least one first fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of outlet openings for a plurality of second fiber optic cables each having at least one optical fiber branched off the or each first fiber optic cable. The housing comprises a flexible housing part being transferable between an open status having a flat shape and a closed status having a bent shape being partially wound around the first fiber optic cable.

Claims

1. A fiber optic distribution device, comprising:

a housing, having at least one inlet opening for at least one first fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of outlet openings for a plurality of second fiber optic cables each having at least one optical fiber branched off the or each first fiber optic cable,

wherein the housing comprises a flexible housing part, the flexible housing part being transferable between an open status of the flexible housing part in which the flexible housing part takes a flat shape and a closed status of the flexible housing part in which the flexible housing part takes a bent shape being partially wound around the or each first fiber optic cable.

2. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 1, wherein the flexible housing part comprises a first end which in the closed status is wound around a first fiber optic cable and fixed at the first fiber optic cable by a fixing element.

3. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 2, wherein the fixing element is a cable tie or a cable clamp.

4. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 2, wherein the flexible housing part comprises a second end.

5. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 4, further comprising a plug element, wherein when in the closed status the second end is closed by plug element.

6. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 5, wherein the plurality of outlet openings are through the plug element.

7. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 4, wherein the second end of the flexible housing part provides strain relief elements for the second fiber optic cables.

8. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 7, wherein the second end of the flexible housing part comprises openings for cable ties.

9. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 8 wherein one or more of the second fiber optic cables is strain reliefable by cable ties surrounding the respective second fiber optic cable.

10. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 1, wherein the flexible housing part comprises a wall which corresponds to an inner wall of the flexible housing part when in the closed status.

11. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 10, further comprising fiber routing elements for optical fibers of at least one of the first fiber optic cable and of one or more of the second fiber optic cables.

12. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 10, further comprising holding elements for one or both of splices and connectors by which optical fibers of the or each first fiber optic cable and optical fibers of the second fiber optic cables are spliced and/or connected to each other.

13. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 1, wherein the housing is made from a flexible plastic material like a flexible thermoplastic material.

14. The fiber optic distribution device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the flexible housing part is made from the flexible plastic material.

15. The fiber optic distribution device of claim 13, further comprising a plug element, wherein the plug element is made from the flexible plastic material.