Apparatus and method to vertically route and connect multiple optical fibers
First Claim
1. An optical package having a length of optical fibers connected to the package, comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a mounting base which defines a plane and having at least one optical component disposed therein, the component defining a plane and being optically connected to the length of optical fibers; and
an opening defined by at least one wall of the enclosure, the at least one wall defining a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting base, wherein a segment of the length of optical fibers is disposed within the opening such that a plane defined by the segment is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting base.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method to vertically route and physically pass multiple optical fibers through the walls of a package. One variation is a method to route an optical fiber ribbon through a wall of a package by routing and securing the width of the optical fiber ribbon perpendicularly to a component within the package. Another variation involves a package having an enclosure with an opening through which a group of optical fibers are arrayed in a rectangular cross-section with a width which is longer than a thickness. The package includes a component inside the enclosure, a group of optical fibers routed through the opening to the component where the width of the rectangular cross-section is perpendicularly oriented to the base of the enclosure, and a clamp to secure the width of the rectangular cross-section of the group of optical fibers perpendicularly to the base of the enclosure.
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38 Claims
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1. An optical package having a length of optical fibers connected to the package, comprising:
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an enclosure comprising a mounting base which defines a plane and having at least one optical component disposed therein, the component defining a plane and being optically connected to the length of optical fibers; and
an opening defined by at least one wall of the enclosure, the at least one wall defining a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting base, wherein a segment of the length of optical fibers is disposed within the opening such that a plane defined by the segment is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of routing a length of optical fibers through a wall of a package comprising:
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providing at least one optical component disposed within the package to which an end of the length of optical fibers is to be attached, the component defining a plane, and wherein the package comprises a mounting base defining a plane; and
,routing the length of optical fibers through an opening defined in a wall of the package such that a plane defined by a segment of the length disposed within the opening is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting base, wherein the wall of the package is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the mounting base. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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