Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100158465 | Fiber optic adapter plate and cassette - An adapter cassette including a housing and an adapter plate that mounts to a front opening of the housing by a snap-fit connection. The adapter cassette also including a cover that mounts to the housing by a snap-fit connection to enclose cable terminations within an interior of the housing. The adapter plate of the adapter cassette can further be mounted directly to a telecommunications panel without the housing for use in applications having non-enclosed cable terminations. | 06-24-2010 |
20100316345 | FIBER OPTIC PANEL AND METHOD - A fiber optic panel is provided including a front, and a rearwardly extending base. The base includes cable management structure including cable management fingers, cable ties, cable spools. The front defines fiber optic termination locations, including front removable adapters. The front includes a front face panel mounted to a rear face panel to enclose the fiber optic adapters. | 12-16-2010 |
20110116748 | MANAGED CONNECTIVITY IN FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A fiber optic connector arrangement includes a printed circuit board coupled to a connector housing. The printed circuit board includes a memory storage device that is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the fiber optic connector arrangement. The printed circuit board also defines contacts that are electrically coupled to the memory storage device to enable the physical layer information to be read from the memory storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one adapter assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface. The connector assembly also may include a tactile pressure sensor. The adapter assembly defines at least a first port and a second port that are configured to connect optical fibers of two connector arrangements. One or more connector assemblies can be mounted to a fiber panel system. | 05-19-2011 |
20120032034 | LATERAL STORAGE SPOOL FOR OVERHEAD CABLE PATHWAY - A system including an overhead cable pathway structure and a cable storage device that mounts overhead to the cable pathway structure. The cable storage device including a storage spool and a cable pathway exit having a curved surface that guides excess cable exiting from the overhead cable pathway structure to the spool. | 02-09-2012 |
20120321267 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER CASSETTE AND PANEL - An adapter cassette including a housing and a plurality of fiber optic adapters. The fiber optic adapters being angled relative to a front plane defined by the housing. The fiber optic adapters being interconnected to a multi-fiber cable connecter by fiber optic cables located within an interior of the housing. The adapter cassette further including a quick-release cover that provides access to the interior of the housing. | 12-20-2012 |
20140003783 | ADAPTER PANEL WITH LATERAL SLIDING ADAPTER ARRAYS | 01-02-2014 |
20140010511 | ADAPTER PANEL WITH LATERAL SLIDING ADAPTER ARRAYS - An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior. | 01-09-2014 |
20140072269 | MANAGED CONNECTIVITY IN FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A fiber optic connector arrangement includes a printed circuit board coupled to a connector housing. The printed circuit board includes a memory storage device that is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the fiber optic connector arrangement. The printed circuit board also defines contacts that are electrically coupled to the memory storage device to enable the physical layer information to be read from the memory storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one adapter assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface. The connector assembly also may include a tactile pressure sensor. The adapter assembly defines at least a first port and a second port that are configured to connect optical fibers of two connector arrangements. One or more connector assemblies can be mounted to a fiber panel system. | 03-13-2014 |