Fiber optic splice closure and protection apparatus

US5652820A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Act Communications, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James A. Glaser · Bonham, US
• Ronald William Glaser · Ector, US
• Daniel Glaser · Hamburg, DE
• Justin R. Minchey · Bonham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 29, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4416
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic splice closure permits grounding a fiber optic backbone cable but allows for propagation of cable-locating signals along the full length of the backbone cable and along fiber optic spur cables spliced to the backbone cable in the closure. An electrically conductive sheath of the backbone cable is coupled to ground through a surge protector and through a resistor to a conductive member of each spur cable. The terminating end of the spur cable is hard grounded at the customer site. The surge protector and resistor are mounted outside a sealed splice chamber of the closure.