Fiber optic module and chassis
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1. A telecommunications assembly comprising:
- A. a chassis including a first wall, an opposing second wall, a front opening, a rear wall, and first and second opposing transverse sidewalls extending between the front opening and the rear wall, the chassis defining a plurality of mounting locations for slidably receiving telecommunications modules; and
B. a telecommunications module slidably inserted into one of the mounting locations of the chassis through the front opening, the telecommunications module removable from the chassis through the front opening, the telecommunications module comprising;
i. a housing having a main housing portion and a removable cover cooperatively defining an interior, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall of the housing when mounted on the main housing portion to close off the interior, the main housing portion including at least one signal output location defined on the front wall;
ii. an optical component located within the interior, the optical component configured to receive a fiber optic input signal coming in from a signal input location of the housing and output a fiber optic output signal going toward the signal output location defined on the front wall of the main housing portion, wherein the telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be on either the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing portion; and
iii. a friction clamp located within the interior for removably mounting the optical component to the main housing portion, wherein the friction clamp includes a U-shaped rubber gasket that includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a connector portion that connects the top portion to the bottom portion, the rubber gasket being slidably inserted between an upper clamp wall and a lower clamp wall defined within the main housing portion, wherein the upper clamp wall and the lower clamp wall define opposing notches, and the rubber gasket defines keying tabs on the top and bottom portions thereof for slidable mating with the notches of the upper and lower clamp walls, the rubber gasket defining an open end facing toward the second sidewall defined by the cover, the friction clamp configured to slidably receive the optical component through the open end of the rubber gasket and retain the optical component within the interior solely via frictional force from both the top portion and the bottom portion of the U-shaped rubber gasket, wherein the optical component is mounted to the main housing portion such that the optical component is not received within the main housing portion without first contacting the rubber gasket.
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Abstract
A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of modules removably mounted within the chassis. The modules include one or more fiber optic signal input locations. The modules include optical equipment for splitting the input signals into customer output signals.
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1. A telecommunications assembly comprising:
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A. a chassis including a first wall, an opposing second wall, a front opening, a rear wall, and first and second opposing transverse sidewalls extending between the front opening and the rear wall, the chassis defining a plurality of mounting locations for slidably receiving telecommunications modules; and B. a telecommunications module slidably inserted into one of the mounting locations of the chassis through the front opening, the telecommunications module removable from the chassis through the front opening, the telecommunications module comprising; i. a housing having a main housing portion and a removable cover cooperatively defining an interior, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall of the housing when mounted on the main housing portion to close off the interior, the main housing portion including at least one signal output location defined on the front wall; ii. an optical component located within the interior, the optical component configured to receive a fiber optic input signal coming in from a signal input location of the housing and output a fiber optic output signal going toward the signal output location defined on the front wall of the main housing portion, wherein the telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be on either the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing portion; and iii. a friction clamp located within the interior for removably mounting the optical component to the main housing portion, wherein the friction clamp includes a U-shaped rubber gasket that includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a connector portion that connects the top portion to the bottom portion, the rubber gasket being slidably inserted between an upper clamp wall and a lower clamp wall defined within the main housing portion, wherein the upper clamp wall and the lower clamp wall define opposing notches, and the rubber gasket defines keying tabs on the top and bottom portions thereof for slidable mating with the notches of the upper and lower clamp walls, the rubber gasket defining an open end facing toward the second sidewall defined by the cover, the friction clamp configured to slidably receive the optical component through the open end of the rubber gasket and retain the optical component within the interior solely via frictional force from both the top portion and the bottom portion of the U-shaped rubber gasket, wherein the optical component is mounted to the main housing portion such that the optical component is not received within the main housing portion without first contacting the rubber gasket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A telecommunications module comprising:
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a housing having a main housing portion and a removable cover cooperatively defining an interior, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall of the housing when mounted on the main housing portion to close off the interior, the main housing portion including at least one signal output location defined on the front wall; an optical component located within the interior, the optical component configured to receive a fiber optic input signal coming in from a signal input location of the housing and output a fiber optic output signal going toward the signal output location defined on the front wall of the main housing portion, wherein the telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be on either the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing portion; a friction clamp located within the interior for removably mounting the optical component to the main housing portion, wherein the friction clamp includes a U-shaped rubber gasket that includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a connector portion that connects the top portion to the bottom portion, the rubber gasket being slidably inserted between an upper clamp wall and a lower clamp wall defined within the main housing portion, wherein the upper clamp wall and the lower clamp wall define opposing notches, and the rubber gasket defines keying tabs on the top and bottom portions thereof for slidable mating with the notches of the upper and lower clamp walls, the rubber gasket defining an open end facing toward the second sidewall defined by the cover, the friction clamp configured to slidably receive the optical component through the open end of the rubber gasket and retain the optical component within the interior solely via frictional force from both the top portion and the bottom portion of the U-shaped rubber gasket, wherein the optical component is mounted to the main housing portion such that the optical component is not received within the main housing portion without first contacting the rubber gasket; and a cable exit structure including a bell-shaped portion defining the signal output location on the front wall, the cable exit structure extending from the top wall to the bottom wall of the main housing portion, the bell shaped portion configured to provide bend radius protection to optical fiber cables carrying the fiber optic output signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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