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Fiber optic splitter module

US8346045B2 · kind B2 · utility

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67References

13Claims

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Assignee

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · US

Inventors

Steven C. Zimmel · Minneapolis, US
Trevor D. Smith · Eden Prairie, US
Ponharith Nhep · Savage, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2010
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3849
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of fiber optic splitter modules mounted within the chassis. Each splitter module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the splitter module through a front opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the splitter module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. The adapters mounted within the interior of the chassis are integrally formed as part of a removable adapter assembly. A method of mounting a fiber optic splitter module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed.

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