Termination module with termination leg and management leg

• US 9,678,292 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2013
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Inventors: Landry, Edward T., Anderson, Steve, Zabel, Joshua A., Beck, Ronald A., Standish, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lepisto, Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiem, Erin
• Application Number:
  US14/064,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20140126870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4446 Cable boxes, e.g. splicing boxes with two or more multi fibre cables
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4452 Distribution frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4457 Bobbins; Reels
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4471 Terminating devices demountable connectors G02B6/3807; Cable clamps
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/16 on hinges or pivots

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.

Claims

1. A termination module comprising:

a termination leg having an inner planar surface and an outer planar surface connected by a circumferential edge, the inner and outer surfaces defining termination openings therethrough at which a plurality of fiber optic adapters are disposed so that the fiber optic adapters are positioned in rows along the inner and outer surfaces, each fiber optic adapter having a first end facing outwardly from the inner surface and an opposite second end facing outwardly from the outer surface, the first ends of the fiber optic adapters being configured to receive connectorized ends of incoming fibers and the second ends of the fiber optic adapters being configured to receive connectorized ends of outgoing fibers; and

a management leg coupled to the termination leg so that the termination leg and the management leg together form a substantially L-shaped configuration, the management leg including a storage spool for storing excess length of the outgoing fibers, the management leg defining an opening enabling the outgoing fibers to pass through the management leg, and the management leg further including at least one fanout device located adjacent the opening.

2. The termination module of claim 1, wherein the termination leg and the management leg are monolithically formed from a bent piece of sheet metal.

3. The termination module of claim 1, wherein the management leg defines the opening intermediate the termination leg and the storage spool.

4. The termination module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of rows of fiber optic adapters on the termination leg are arranged in two columns.

5. The termination module of claim 1, wherein each row includes twelve fiber optic adapters.

6. The termination module of claim 1, further comprising a linking section that couples the termination leg and the management leg.

7. The termination module of claim 6, wherein the linking section is not planar with either the termination leg or the management leg.

8. The termination module of claim 1, wherein the management leg has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the opening is defined between the inner and outer surfaces.

9. The termination module of claim 8, wherein the at least one fanout device is disposed on the inner surface of the management leg.

10. The termination module of claim 8, wherein the at least one fanout device is disposed on the outer surface of the management leg.

11. The termination module of claim 1, wherein the at least one fanout device includes a plurality of fanout devices coupled to the management leg.

12. The termination module of claim 11, wherein the fanout devices are disposed in multiple stacks adjacent the opening.

13. The termination module of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of the outgoing fibers plugged into the second ends of the fiber optic adapters and routed from the second ends to the storage spool, out of the opening defined by the management leg and to the at least one fanout device before installation of the termination module.

14. The termination module of claim 1, wherein each termination opening is sized to receive a plurality of the fiber optic adapters.

15. The termination module of claim 1, wherein a flange extends outwardly from a distal end of the management leg.

16. The termination module of claim 1, further comprising a linking section that couples the termination leg and the management leg, the linking section being monolithically formed with the termination leg and the management leg.

17. The termination module of claim 16, wherein the outer surface of the termination leg extends between a first end and a second end and a planar outer surface of the management leg extends between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the termination leg is distal to the linking section and the second end of the termination leg couples to the linking section, and wherein the first end of the management leg couples to the linking section and the second end of the management leg is distal to the linking section.

18. The termination module of claim 17, wherein the management leg defines the opening intermediate the first end of the management leg and the storage spool.

19. The termination module of claim 18, wherein the opening has an open end providing access to the opening from an edge of the management leg.