Fiber optic termination system with retention mechanism
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1. A fiber distribution frame comprising:
- (a) a rack extending vertically from a bottom to a top, the rack defining a first side, a second side, a front, and a rear;
(b) a first vertical cable guide located on the first side of the rack;
(c) a second vertical cable guide located on the second side of the rack;
(d) a horizontal passageway positioned on the rack extending between the first and second vertical cable guides;
(e) a first termination area located on the first side of the rack and a second termination area located on the second side of the rack;
(f) at least a first termination module positioned at the first termination area, the first termination module comprising;
a termination module housing defining an interior and an open front;
a plurality of guides located within the interior of the housing for slideably receiving a plurality of fiber optic modules through the open front of the termination module housing;
a plurality of fiber optic modules received by the guides, each fiber optic module including a housing having an open front end defined by edges of two major sides of the housing and two minor sides of the housing, each of the major sides defining a plurality of apertures at the open front end of the fiber optic module housing, the fiber optic module housing holding at least one adapter that is configured to receive a fiber optic connector, the adapter including a projection that is received in one of the apertures; and
a plurality of spring biased ball plungers positioned at the termination module housing, each spring biased ball plunger being configured to exert a retention force on one of the fiber optic modules to retain the fiber optic module in a partially removed position with respect to the termination module housing against a force sufficient to remove the fiber optic connector from the respective adapter.
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A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including termination modules positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right panels and the cable guides. The termination modules hold fiber optic modules with front termination locations. The fiber optic modules can house couplers, such as splitters, combiners, and wave length division multiplexers. A retention mechanism retains each fiber optic module in a partially removed position from the termination module.
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1. A fiber distribution frame comprising:
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(a) a rack extending vertically from a bottom to a top, the rack defining a first side, a second side, a front, and a rear; (b) a first vertical cable guide located on the first side of the rack; (c) a second vertical cable guide located on the second side of the rack; (d) a horizontal passageway positioned on the rack extending between the first and second vertical cable guides; (e) a first termination area located on the first side of the rack and a second termination area located on the second side of the rack; (f) at least a first termination module positioned at the first termination area, the first termination module comprising; a termination module housing defining an interior and an open front; a plurality of guides located within the interior of the housing for slideably receiving a plurality of fiber optic modules through the open front of the termination module housing; a plurality of fiber optic modules received by the guides, each fiber optic module including a housing having an open front end defined by edges of two major sides of the housing and two minor sides of the housing, each of the major sides defining a plurality of apertures at the open front end of the fiber optic module housing, the fiber optic module housing holding at least one adapter that is configured to receive a fiber optic connector, the adapter including a projection that is received in one of the apertures; and a plurality of spring biased ball plungers positioned at the termination module housing, each spring biased ball plunger being configured to exert a retention force on one of the fiber optic modules to retain the fiber optic module in a partially removed position with respect to the termination module housing against a force sufficient to remove the fiber optic connector from the respective adapter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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