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| 20080211364 | Cabinet assembly including a scissors lift - A cabinet assembly is disclosed. The cabinet assembly includes a scissors lift mountable to a utility pole and including a plurality of linkages. The scissors lift is moveable between extended and retracted positions. The scissors lift includes a drive mechanism interfaced with the linkages and configured to move the scissors lift between the extended and retracted positions. The cabinet assembly further includes a cabinet mounted to the scissors lift and moveable between raised and lowered positions. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212928 | CABINET INCLUDING OPTICAL BULKHEAD PLATE FOR BLOWN FIBER SYSTEM - A cabinet is provided for managing the connections between a feeder cable and a distribution cable wherein the distribution cable is a blown optical fiber. The cabinet includes shelves for holding splices between the feeder cable and the distribution cable. The shelves also include microduct holders for holding each of the microducts associated with the distribution cable. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090074372 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION CABINET - A telecommunications connection cabinet includes a termination region, a fiber optic splitter mounting location, and a predetermined connector storage region positioned within an interior of a housing. The termination region includes telecommunications adapters, each telecommunications adapter being configured for coupling together two fiber optic connectors such that an optical interconnection is made between the two fiber optic connectors. The connector storage region is spaced from the termination region. The storage region defines openings allotted to removably mount connector storage housings at the connector storage region. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090103881 | Fiber optic cable clamp - A fiber optic cable clamp is provided. The fiber optic cable clamp includes a sheath grip member and a strength member clamp maintained at a constant axial location with respect to the sheath grip member. The fiber optic cable clamp also includes a cable fiber separator connected to the sheath grip member, the cable fiber separator including a plurality of cable fiber openings and attached to the strength member clamp. The fiber optic cable clamp, when mounted to a fiber optic cable, maintains the relative axial locations of a cable sheath and cable strength member along a fiber optic cable. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090159332 | CABLE SEAL ASSEMBLY - A cable seal assembly includes a sealing member, a first housing member, and a second housing member. The sealing member defines a passageway that extends from a center opening of the sealing member through the periphery of the sealing member. The first housing member is disposed in the passageway and the center opening of the sealing member and defines a cutout portion. The second housing member is disposed in the center opening of the sealing member and engaged with the cutout portion of the first housing member. The first housing member and the second housing member cooperatively define a central axial passage having an inner surface. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090202214 | WALL BOX ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED AT A MID-SPAN ACCESS LOCATION OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE - The present disclosure relates to a wall box adapted to be mounted at a mid-span access location of a fiber optic telecommunications cable. The wall box includes an enclosure having a main body with an open front side. The enclosure also includes a front cover for opening and closing the open front side of the main body. The wall box defining first and second cable entrance/exit openings positioned at opposite sides of the enclosure. The main body defines an open region through an exterior wall of the main body. The open region extends from the first cable entrance/exit opening to the second cable entrance/exit opening. The enclosure also includes a cable cover that is mounted to the main body to cover the open region. The cable cover is a separate component from the front cover. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090238531 | WALL BOX ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED AT A MID-SPAN ACCESS LOCATION OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE - A wall box includes an enclosure having a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover enclose an interior region. The wall box further includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the enclosure. The fiber optic adapters include an inner port positioned inside the interior region and an outer port positioned at an outer surface of the enclosure. A tray stack is mounted within the interior region. The tray stack includes a tray mount pivotally connected to the enclosure. The tray mount includes a top surface and an oppositely disposed bottom surface. A first splice tray mounting area is disposed on the top surface and a second splice tray mounting area is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of trays is disposed in the first splice tray mounting area. A tray is disposed in the second splice tray mounting area. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090252472 | Fiber Optic Splice Enclosure - Certain example embodiments of a splice enclosure include a housing defining an opening for allowing a trunk cable to be passed through the housing. The splice enclosure also includes a splice tray stack pivotally mounted within the housing and a cable management tray that mounts within the housing beneath the splice tray stack. The management tray includes cable retention and/or securement arrangements for mechanically securing the cables to the splice enclosure. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090263096 | FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB WITH MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS - A fiber distribution hub (FDH) includes an enclosure and brackets with provisions to be mountable in multiple configurations. More particularly, the FDH is mountable in multiple configurations to a pole. The FDH includes provisions to be reconfigurable within the enclosure. More particularly, a hinged storage panel is reconfigurable between a horizontal hinging configuration and a vertical hinging configuration. A door is provided on the enclosure with features to stop and hold the door in one or more open positions. A ladder bracket is provided that is configurable as a ladder support or as an FDH mounting bracket. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090263097 | Multi-Configuration Mounting System for Fiber Distribution Hub - A fiber distribution hub (FDH) includes an enclosure and brackets with provisions to be mountable in multiple configurations. More particularly, the FDH is mountable in multiple configurations to a pole. The brackets are rearrangeable to provide the mounting configuration with either a short or extended offset between an FDH cabinet and the pole. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090290842 | FIBER OPTIC SPLICE TRAY - A splice tray includes a splice region and a fiber management region to facilitate splicing together two or more fibers. The splice tray can be pivotally coupled to one or more additional splice trays using pivot linkages to form a splice tray arrangement. A pivot linkage can include first and second laterally spaced coupling sections extending in opposite directions. A magnetic coupling arrangement can releasably secure the splice trays of a splice tray arrangement to one another. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100125998 | CABINET INCLUDING OPTICAL BULKHEAD PLATE FOR BLOWN FIBER SYSTEM - A cabinet is provided for managing the connections between a feeder cable and a distribution cable wherein the distribution cable is a blown optical fiber. The cabinet includes shelves for holding splices between the feeder cable and the distribution cable. The shelves also include microduct holders for holding each of the microducts associated with the distribution cable. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100189404 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE - A fiber optic enclosure includes an enclosure having a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover cooperate to define an interior region. The enclosure includes a tray mount disposed in the interior region. A plurality of fiber optic cable ports is mounted to the enclosure. A tray stack is mounted within the interior region of the enclosure. The tray stack includes a tray mounting plate assembly that is pivotally connected to the tray mount of the enclosure. The tray mounting plate assembly includes a tray mounting plate and a detent that engages the tray mount to selectively retain the tray stack in an opening position and a closed position. The tray stack further includes a plurality of trays mounted to the tray mounting plate. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100215331 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE CLAMP - A fiber optic cable clamp is provided. The fiber optic cable clamp includes a sheath grip member and a strength member clamp maintained at a constant axial location with respect to the sheath grip member. The fiber optic cable clamp also includes a cable fiber separator connected to the sheath grip member, the cable fiber separator including a plurality of cable fiber openings and attached to the strength member clamp. The fiber optic cable clamp, when mounted to a fiber optic cable, maintains the relative axial locations of a cable sheath and cable strength member along a fiber optic cable. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100266237 | Adapter block including connector storage - A fixture includes an adapter array with movable adapter modules and a storage panel. A housing of a connector holder includes a plurality of openings for receiving fiber optic connectors and protecting the polished end face of the connectors from damage while the connectors are stored within the storage panel. Each of the connectors are inserted within the openings in the connector holder for storage and protection until the cables need to be connected to a customer equipment cable in the adapter array. The fixture is used in a cabinet including fiber optic splitters. Offset vertical fingers are provided on the fixture for cable management. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100284661 | SPLICE TRAY CLIP - A retention chip for a splice tray includes a body having a first sidewall and an oppositely disposed second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls cooperatively define a slot that is adapted to receive a loose tube of a fiber optic cable. The first sidewall includes at least one lateral retainer and an axial retainer. The lateral retainer includes a base and a free end. The base is fixed to the first sidewall and the free end extends toward the second sidewall. The axial retainer is oriented generally perpendicular to the lateral retainer. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100290746 | DROP CABLE PASS-THRU FITTING - A cable pass-thru assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a pass-thru fitting. The fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber and a strength member. The pass-thru fitting is adapted to receive the fiber optic cable. The pass-thru fitting includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve includes a thru-bore. The inner sleeve is disposed in the thru-bore of the outer sleeve. The strength member is compressed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. A method for inserting a fiber optic cable in a pass-thru fitting includes inserting a fiber optic cable through a thru-bore of an outer sleeve and a bore of an inner sleeve. A strength member of the fiber optic cable is wrapped about the inner sleeve. The outer sleeve is advanced over the inner sleeve so that the strength member is compressed between the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100314340 | Cable management assembly, system and method - A cable management assembly, and method related thereto, including a riser panel having an interface portion and a plurality of cable management devices. The interface portion having a plurality of shaped apertures. The cable management devices having attachments that correspond to the shaped apertures to secure the cable management devices to the panel at selected vertical and horizontal locations. The cable management assembly being configured to extend between two adjacent telecommunications racks or to couple to the end of a telecommunications rack. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110013875 | FIBER OPTIC ENCLOSURE WITH ADAPTER BULKHEAD POSITIONED BENEATH PIVOTAL SPLICE TRAY - A fiber optic enclosure includes an enclosure and a tray stack. The enclosure includes a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover cooperate to define an interior region. The tray stack is disposed in the interior region of the enclosure. The tray stack includes a plurality of trays and a tray mounting plate. The tray mounting plate has a mounting portion and an adapter bulkhead portion. The mounting portion is adapted to receive the plurality of trays. The adapter bulkhead portion is adapted to receive a fiber optic adapter. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110026894 | WALL-MOUNTED FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB - A fiber distribution hub defines at least one incoming cable port and at least one outgoing cable port. The fiber distribution hub includes a termination region, a splitter region, and a splice region. Some example hubs include a pass-through panel configured to manage a loop portion of a feeder cable. Some example hubs include a cable manager for managing distribution cables at the outgoing cable port. Some example hubs include pivotal splice tray stacks. Some example hubs include a swing frame on which the termination region and splitter region are positioned. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110033164 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION CABINET - A telecommunications connection cabinet includes a termination region, a fiber optic splitter mounting location, and a predetermined connector storage region positioned within an interior of a housing. The termination region includes telecommunications adapters, each telecommunications adapter being configured for coupling together two fiber optic connectors such that an optical interconnection is made between the two fiber optic connectors. The connector storage region is spaced from the termination region. The storage region defines openings allotted to removably mount connector storage housings at the connector storage region. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110058785 | PEDESTAL TERMINAL WITH SWING FRAME - A pedestal terminal includes a frame mounted to a base and a cover configured to mount to the base. The frame including a support frame and a swing frame pivotally mounted to the support frame. A splitter module mounting location is positioned on the frame. The splitter module mounting location is adapted to mount a splitter arrangement including splitter pigtails to the frame. A first termination field includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters, each being configured to couple one of the splitter pigtails to a distribution cable. A second termination field includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters, each being configured to couple one of the splitter pigtails to a drop cable. A pivoting cover arrangement can be mounted to a top of the support frame to inhibit contact between the splitter arrangement and the cover when the cover is mounted to or removed from the base. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110064372 | FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB WITH SWING FRAME AND WRAP-AROUND DOORS - A fiber distribution hub (FDH) provides an interface between an incoming fiber and a plurality of outgoing fibers. The FDH includes a cabinet, at least one door pivotably mounted to the cabinet, and a frame pivotably mounted within the cabinet. The doors wrap around the sides and the front of the cabinet to provide access to both the front and sides of the frame when the doors are open. The frame can pivot out of the cabinet through the open doors to enable access to the rear of the cabinet and the rear side of the frame. The frame includes a termination region and a splitter region. The frame can include a storage region and/or a pass-through region. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110083310 | RESKINNABLE FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB - The housing of a telecommunications cabinet can be replaced without recabling the internal components by removing a panel arrangement from a cable access region of the cabinet to reveal an open end of the cable access region that is continuous with the open side of the cabinet. The frame is uncoupled from the cabinet and the cabinet is slid away from the internal components. The fiber optic cables pass through the open end of the cable access region and through the open side of the cabinet. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110097052 | Fiber Access Terminal Mounted at a Mid-Span Access Location of a Telecommunications Cable - A fiber optic access terminal includes an enclosure defining a top side, a bottom side, a right side, a left side, and a main body with an open front side and a rear wall, the enclosure also including a front cover for opening and closing the open front side. A cable entrance/exit opening is positioned on the main body. At least one fiber optic adapter is mounted on the right side of the enclosure and at least one fiber optic adapter is mounted on the left side of the enclosure. Each of the right and left adapters extend rightwardly and leftwardly, respectively, from inside the enclosure toward the outside. The adapters also extend downwardly in a direction extending from the top of the enclosure toward the bottom. A cable management structure is defined between the right adapter and the left adapter, the cable management structure including a first spool that cooperates with the top side, the bottom side, the right side, and the left side to define a first space extending all the way around the first spool for managing fiber optic cables within the enclosure. | 04-28-2011 |
