FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB WITH OUTSIDE ACCESSIBLE GROUNDING TERMINALS
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications distribution hub having a cabinet that defines a primary compartment. The cabinet also includes one or more main doors for accessing the primary compartment. Telecommunications equipment is mounted within the primary compartment. The distribution hub further includes a secondary compartment that can be accessed from an exterior of the cabinet without accessing the primary compartment. A grounding interface is accessible from within the secondary compartment.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An enclosure for connecting incoming and outgoing fibers, the enclosure comprising:
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a housing defining an interior and an input cable port leading to the interior; a termination region disposed within the interior of the housing, the termination region defining a dividing line between the incoming and outgoing fibers; a splitter region disposed within the interior of the housing; a first routing path leading from the input cable port to the splitter region and from the splitter region to the termination region; and a second routing path leading from the input cable port to the termination region and bypassing the splitter region. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An enclosure for connecting incoming and outgoing fibers, the enclosure comprising:
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a housing defining an interior and an input cable port leading to the interior; a first termination region disposed within the interior of the housing, the first termination region including a plurality of optical adapters; an optical splitter disposed within the interior; a second termination region disposed within the interior separate from the first termination region; first and second feeder fibers routed into the interior of the housing and to the second termination region; a splitter input fiber extending between first and second ends, the first end being optically coupled to the first feeder fiber at the second termination region, the second end being optically coupled to an input of the optical splitter; a plurality of splitter pigtails output from the optical splitter, the splitter pigtails having connectorized ends routed towards the first termination region; a pass-through fiber having a first end optically coupled to the second feeder fiber at the second termination region, the pass-through fiber having a connectorized end routed towards the first termination region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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