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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160109672 | UNIVERSAL MOUNTING MECHANISM FOR MOUNTING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHASSIS TO A TELECOMMUNCIATIONS FIXTURE - A universal mounting mechanism for mounting a telecommunications chassis to a telecommunications fixture includes a mounting bracket defining a rear portion for mounting to the fixture and a front portion for slidably receiving the chassis, the front portion including a latch opening. A locking spring is configured for mounting to the chassis, the spring configured to flex laterally to snap in to the latch opening. A release handle is configured to be slidably mounted to the chassis, the release handle defining a deflection tab for moving the locking spring out of the latch opening when the handle is slid rearward to forward. A cover is configured to be mounted to the chassis, the cover defining a deflection ramp for interacting with the deflection tab of the handle to move the deflection tab laterally to contact the spring when the release handle is slid. | 04-21-2016 |
20140348482 | HOLDING FIXTURE FOR HOLDING AT LEAST ONE CABLE WITH AN AFFIXING MEMBER AND A CLAMPING MEMBER - The invention relates to a holding fixture ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140341523 | OVERHEAD CABLE TERMINATION ARRANGEMENT - A telecommunications apparatus ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140341511 | CABLE TERMINATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONNECTORS - The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic connector assembly having a fiber optic connector including a main connector body and a rear insert secured within a rear cable termination end of the main connector body. The fiber optic connector assembly has a fiber optic cable that includes an optical fiber, a strength layer and an outer jacket. The optical fiber has a ferrule-less end portion accessible at a front mating end of the main connector body. A first shape recoverable sleeve secures the optical fiber to a substrate anchored to the rear insert. An axial gap exists between the forward end of the outer jacket and the rearward end of the rear insert. A second shape recoverable sleeve secures the outer jacket to the rear insert. An adhesive material at least partially fills the axial gap. | 11-20-2014 |
20140321825 | FIBER TRAY ORGANIZER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A self supporting apparatus ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140314388 | STRAIN RELIEF DEVICE FOR A FIBER OPTIC CABLE - A strain relief device ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140193129 | FIBER MANAGEMENT TRAY WITH RESTRICTED ACCESS REGION - A fiber management tray ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140166342 | SEALING DEVICE FOR FEEDING THROUGH FILAMENTS - Sealing device ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140161410 | UNIVERSAL CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS RACK - A telecommunications cable management assembly ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140141641 | RJ TYPE CONNECTOR INCLUDING A DISENGAGEMENT FEATURE ACTING ON THE LATCH OF THE CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a connector ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140124140 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A CONNECTOR TO AN OPTICAL FIBER - A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber. | 05-08-2014 |
20140072266 | CABLE SEALING DEVICE HAVING AUTONOMOUS SEAL CONTAINMENT - The present disclosure relates to a cable sealing device ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140061194 | LOCKING SYSTEM FOR ENCLOSURES - A locking system for an enclosure ( | 03-06-2014 |
20130323949 | RELEASE TAB FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING SAID RELASE TAB - The present invention relates to a release tab ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130322839 | OPTICAL FIBER ORGANIZER WITH TRAYS MOUNTED ON PIVOTING SUPPORT - The present invention relates to an optical fiber organizer ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130320631 | CAM LEVER ACTUATED CABLE SEALING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a cable sealing device ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130306723 | PHYSICAL LAYER MANAGEMENT (PLM) SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME IN WHICH TRAYS CAN BE SELECTIVELY REMOVED AND RE-ATTACHED - One embodiment is directed to a subrack comprising a backplate and at least one tray configured so that a plurality of connections can be made at a plurality of positions on the tray. Each of the plurality of connections involves at least one connector having information stored in a device associated therewith that can be read. The backplate and the tray are configured so that the tray can be selectively attached and removed from the backplate. The backplate and the tray are configured so that the devices associated with the connectors involved in making the connections can be read via the tray. The devices associated with the connections can be implemented, for example, using RFID tags or connection point identifier (CPID) storage devices (such as EEPROMs). | 11-21-2013 |
20130207782 | PHYSICAL LAYER MANAGEMENT (PLM) SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME USING RFID ANTENNAS WITH LOCALIZED FIELDS - One embodiment is directed to a tray for use in a subrack of a rack, the tray comprising a printed circuit board configured so that a plurality of connections can be made at a plurality of positions on the printed circuit board. Each of the plurality of connections involves at least one connector having an RFID tag associated therewith. The tray further comprises a plurality of RFID antennas integrated into the printed circuit board, each the RFID antennas associated with a respective one of the positions. The printed circuit board is configured to localize a field emitted from each RFID antenna so that only the RFID tag associated with that RFID antenna is energized and read. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205579 | PHYSICAL LAYER MANAGEMENT (PLM) SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME HAVING TRAYS WITH SELECTABLE PATCH SIDE - One embodiment is directed to a tray for use in a subrack of a rack. The tray comprises a printed circuit board configured so that a plurality of connections can be made at a plurality of positions on the printed circuit board, each of the plurality of connections involving at least one connector positioned on a patch side of the plurality of positions and the least one connector having a device associated therewith in which information is stored. The tray is configured so that either side of the positions can be used as the patch side. The tray is configured so that the devices associated with the connectors involved in making the connections at the patch side can be read via the tray. The devices associated with the connections can be implemented, for example, using RFID tags or connection point identifier (CPID) storage devices (such as EEPROMs). | 08-15-2013 |
20130074311 | ORGANIZER FOR AN OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A SPLICE FOR AN OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE - The present invention aims to provide an organizer for an optical fibre cable which allows simple and effective storage of the functional length of an optical fibre cable. As a solution to the above object, the present invention provides an organizer having at least two loop retaining sections ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130065425 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH FIELD TERMINABLE INSULATION DISPLACEMENT CONTACT - The electrical connector assembly for field terminable connections includes a housing, switch assembly, at least one open channel, at least one insulated wire, and removable cover. Switch assembly is arranged and disposed within housing and includes at least one contact. At least one open channel is disposed within housing and aligned with at least one contact. At least one insulated wire includes insulation layer and conductive core and is arranged and disposed within at least one open channel and is adjacent to at least one contact. Removable cover for housing includes at least one protrusion arranged and disposed to cooperate with at least one open channel, at least one contact and at least one insulated wire. Securing removable cover with housing causes protrusion to penetrate insulation layer on at least one insulated wire to form electrical contact between the respective conductive core and the respective contact. | 03-14-2013 |
20130028569 | CABLE SEALING DEVICE, CABLE TRERMINATION AND ATTACHING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a cable sealing device for sealing a passage of a cable, to a cable termination provided with the cable sealing device and to an attaching device securable to a cable for supporting an installing of the cable sealing device on the cable. The cable sealing device is simply mountable on a cable providing an attaching part and reliably securable on the cable in its circumferential and longitudinal directions. The cable sealing device ( | 01-31-2013 |
20120321268 | CABLE SUPPORT FOR DISTRIBUTION BOXES, IN PARTICULAR FOR FTTH ENVIRONMENTS - The invention relates to a cable support ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120238153 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for terminating a plurality of line wires of communications cable which comprises a dielectric housing; a terminal insert, a contact subassembly and a wire fixture, and a polarisation circuit fully covered by the wire fixture it is in a closed or working position. | 09-20-2012 |
20120235363 | GEL SEALING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a gel sealing device for sealing a passage of elongate parts through an opening. Such gel sealing device is preferably arranged in a housing used in telecommunication technology. The inventive gel sealing device comprises a gel sealing block ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120170895 | POSITIONING MEANS FOR A FIBRE OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, A FIBRE OPTIC CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND FIBRE TERMINATION UNIT - The present invention relates to a positioning means for a fibre optic connector assembly, a fibre optic connector assembly and a fibre termination unit comprising the positioning means through which manufacturing tolerances can be absorbed to provide an improved optical interconnection with a high signal transmission rate. The positioning means ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120057835 | HOUSING FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a housing for an optical fiber assembly allowing compact storage of optical fiber elements while still providing possibility to efficiently splice individual optical fiber elements. The housing of the invention is adapted to receive a first and a second loop (L | 03-08-2012 |
20120020630 | METHOD FOR SPLICING AN OPTICAL FIBER ELEMENT - The present invention relates to a method for splicing an optical fiber element ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120013894 | OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORK TEST DEVICE - An optical fibre network test device comprising an actuator that is manually operable, without manual handling of optical fibres, firstly to direct light from a light path of the optical network so that test equipment associated with the network can be operated to test the quality of the said light path, and secondly to return the light path to its previous state after completion of the test. | 01-19-2012 |
20110311193 | HOUSING FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER CABLE ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a housing, in particular for an optical fiber assembly with improved sealing characteristics comprising an housing upper body ( | 12-22-2011 |
20110311190 | INSERT FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY USING AN INSERT - The present invention relates to an insert for an optical fiber assembly through which an optical fiber element can be pulled out without damage. The insert is provided for guiding a part of the optical cable ( | 12-22-2011 |
20110311189 | INSERT FOR AN OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY USING SUCH AN INSERT - The present invention relates to an insert for an optical fiber assembly reliably retaining an optical cable by preventing an axial and rotational movement thereof and further to an optical fiber assembly using such an insert. The insert is provided for guiding a part of the optical cable ( | 12-22-2011 |
20110304343 | TERMINATION AND CHECKING HAND TOOL - A hand tool for terminating and checking comprising a body which defines a means of storage of a connector to be terminated; an electrical checking module may be housed in the body, and is configured to electrically check the terminated connector when a connector pusher element is inserted in the terminated connector in the close or final position. | 12-15-2011 |
20110290953 | CABLE HOLDER AS WELL AS KIT AND CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a cable holder for guiding a plurality of computer-network cables, including a loop with an inner circumference at least partially adapted to provide a support for the cables. The loop is formed of a first leg and a second leg extending essentially parallel to each other and being interconnected at a proximal end segment of each of the first and the second leg via a yoke, and a closure section, arranged at a distal end segment of each of the first and the second leg. The closure section includes at least one flap which is arranged at the distal end segment of the first or the second leg and extends towards the opposing distal end segment of the second or the first leg, respectively. Further, the invention relates to a kit and a cable management system comprising the cable holder. In order to easily add and remove a plurality of cables to and from the cable holder, respectively, the present invention provides that the at least one flap abuts the opposing distal end segment of the second or the first leg, respectively, in a resting position of the at least one flap, the at least one flap being adapted to be resiliently deflected from its resting position. | 12-01-2011 |
20110289755 | ENGAGEMENT MEMBER WITH FASTENING PIN AND METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING TWO COMPONENTS - The invention relates to an engagement member that is adapted to be fixed in a groove of a component and to a method for interconnecting two components via an engagement member. In order to provide an engagement member and a method, which provide for an easy assembly of the engagement member in the groove, whilst still providing sufficient forces for interconnecting the two components, the invention provides that the engagement member comprises a fastening pin that can be pushed into a cavity of one of the two components. | 12-01-2011 |
20110268438 | UNIDIRECTIONAL ABSOLUTE OPTICAL ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT WITH OTDR - Devices and methods for optical measurements in point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks, e.g. like PON networks with splitters are described in which reflected power from some known reflections at the end of the lines is used to determine the attenuation and stability of the attenuation of each line. Also a reference reflection is used at the beginning of the network so that an absolute loss measurement between the points of reflection and the reference reflection can be made. In a further aspect wavelength selective stable reflections and reflectors are used, to provide reflections in a wavelength range that does not interfere with normal operation. | 11-03-2011 |
20110129226 | OPTICAL FIBRE NETWORKS - An optical fibre transmission distribution assembly, wherein the assembly comprises at least a first splitter having a first split ratio of 1:x (where x is an integer) connected to optical drop cables leading to subscribers, and at least a second splitter having a second split ratio of 1:y (where y is an integer and is different from x), and transfer means whereby an optical drop cable connected to the first splitter can be transferred to receive split optical signals from the second splitter, thereby enabling the signal in the transferred drop cable to be further split by addition of a third splitter at a ratio of 1:p (where p is an integer), to provide p subscriber connection points each having a 1:p*y split ratio at the subscriber end of the transferred drop cable. | 06-02-2011 |
20110116757 | OPTICAL FIBRE DISTRIBUTION MODULE WITH STORAGE REELS AND ORGANISER - An optical fibre distribution module ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110116756 | OPTICAL COMPONENT ORGANISER - A reconfigurable passive optical component organiser ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110103750 | OPTICAL FEBRE COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD - An optical fibre coupling device and a method are disclosed. The optical fibre coupling device includes a first patch strip having a first plurality of optical fibre connectors arranged along a face of the first patch strip and a second patch strip having a second plurality of optical fibre connectors arranged along a face of the second patch strip. The first and second patch strips are in a stacked arrangement where the second plurality of optical fibre connectors is offset from the first plurality of optical fibre connectors in a first and a second direction transverse to a stacking direction. The offsetting improves access to the individual optical fibre connectors which assists an operative when managing or maintaining optical fibre connections and helps to reduce the likelihood of fatigue or failure since adjacent optical fibre connections are undisturbed during this process and the optical fibre connections may be easily accessed without needing to move or manipulate adjacent patch strips. | 05-05-2011 |
20110097051 | OPTICAL FIBRE ORGANISER TRAY WITH BIASING MEANS - An optical fibre organiser tray ( | 04-28-2011 |
20100232752 | Splice protection device for optical splices - The invention relates to a splice protection device for spliced optical fibers and to a method particularly for providing an access point to an optical fiber cable in a dwelling unit of a multi dwelling unit. To facilitate mounting of a splice protection device, the splice protection device according to the invention comprises a first and a second tube, the second tube being arranged concentrically and slidable within the first tube, the first and second tubes being adapted to receive at least one spliced fiber. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for providing an access point to a provider optical cable in a dwelling unit of a multi-dwelling unit. The inventive method avoids splicing work within the dwelling unit and is characterized by the steps of branching-off at least one branching optical fiber of the provider cable at a branch point adjacent to said dwelling unit, passing a preassembled connector cable being provided with a connector through duct work for cable to the branch point and splicing the branching optical fiber with an optical fiber of the connector cable. | 09-16-2010 |
20100209050 | POSITIONING OF ADAPTORS FOR OPTICAL CONNECTORS - An assembly of a mounting support and an optical fibre connector adaptor (20) mounted on the support, wherein the adaptor has a connector-receiving axis and at least one lateral (to the said axis) mounting projection (25) on at least a first one of its sides, and the mounting support comprises wall members (not necessarily flat or continuous) upstanding from the support on both sides of the said adaptor, which wall members on at least one side of the adaptor define mounting slots adapted to receive the said mounting projections of the adaptor, and wherein the slots are formed to permit movement of the adaptor between at least a first position in which the adaptor is supported with its said axis at an acute angle to the support, and a working position in which the adaptor is supported with its said axis lying substantially parallel to the support, and wherein the wall members define, in at least one of the said slots, at least one shoulder (30) on which one of the mounting projections (25) of the adaptor can be supported, and at least one resilient portion (35) of the wall member is arranged to retain that mounting projection removably on the said shoulder. | 08-19-2010 |
20100178021 | SPLICE CLOSURE AND FIBRE ORGANISER DEVICE - A splice closure and fibre organiser device ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100022115 | Blanking plug for telecommunications jack - The present invention provides an electrical blanking plug for a telecommunications socket or jack. The blanking plug having at least one electrical conductor positioned on the body of the plug, which conductor on insertion of the plug into a telecommunications jack or socket electrically connects one or more terminals on the jack to short circuit and/or ground one or more electrical telecommunication circuits terminated at the jack. | 01-28-2010 |
20100006709 | CABLE RETENTION CLIP - A cable retention clip ( | 01-14-2010 |