Optical fiber interconnect cabinets, termination modules and fiber connectivity management for the same
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1. An interconnect cabinet for optical fibers, comprising:
- an enclosure;
a splitter mounted in the enclosure that is configured to optically couple a plurality of optical fibers to a single optical fiber and having a plurality of optical fiber connectorized pigtails extending therefrom, each of the connectorized pigtails having a first end optically coupled in the splitter to an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office and a second end having an optical connector thereon with an optical fiber extending from the first end to the second end;
a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations; and
wherein the connectorized pigtails have a cable length from the first end to the second end, without a connector therebetween, sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members and wherein the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure to allow access to a front and a back side of the connection members from a front side of the enclosure.
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Abstract
Interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber-connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.
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1. An interconnect cabinet for optical fibers, comprising:
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an enclosure; a splitter mounted in the enclosure that is configured to optically couple a plurality of optical fibers to a single optical fiber and having a plurality of optical fiber connectorized pigtails extending therefrom, each of the connectorized pigtails having a first end optically coupled in the splitter to an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office and a second end having an optical connector thereon with an optical fiber extending from the first end to the second end; a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations; and wherein the connectorized pigtails have a cable length from the first end to the second end, without a connector therebetween, sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members and wherein the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure to allow access to a front and a back side of the connection members from a front side of the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An interconnect cabinet, comprising:
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an enclosure; a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations or are associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office; at least one jumper cable for cross-connecting ones of the connection members; and a spooling system mounted in the enclosure and configured to receive and store excess cable length of the at least one jumper cable; wherein the at least one jumper cable has a cable length sufficient to allow cross-connecting of the plurality of connection members; and wherein a distance between a first and a last of the spools is about half the distance between first and last rows of connection members on the termination panel. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An interconnect cabinet for optical fibers, comprising:
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an enclosure; a splitter mounted in the enclosure that is configured to optically couple a plurality of pigtail optical fibers to an input optical fiber, the splitter having a plurality of connectorized pigtails extending therefrom with each of the connectorized pigtails including one of the pigtail optical fibers, each of the connectorized pigtails having a first end optically coupled in the splitter to the input optical fiber and a second end having an optical connector thereon with one of the pigtail optical fibers extending from the first end to the second end; a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members; wherein the connectorized pigtails have a cable length from the first end to the second end, without a connector therebetween, sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members and wherein the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure to allow access to a front and a back side of the connection members from a side of the enclosure; and wherein the cabinet includes a first pigtail routing path within the enclosure that extends from the splitter to the termination panel and a second pigtail routing path within the enclosure that extends from the splitter to a pigtail storage location separate from the termination panel; wherein the termination panel is pivotally moveable relative to the enclosure between a first position allowing access to the front side and a second position allowing access to the back side. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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