As demand for telecommunications increases, fiber optic networks are being extended in more and more areas. Management of the cables, ease of installation, and case of accessibility for later management are important concerns. As a result, there is a need for fiber optic devices and methods which address these and other concerns.
An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cassette including a body defining a front and an opposite rear and an enclosed interior. A cable entry location is defined in the body for a cable to enter the interior of the cassette. The cable which enters at the cable entry location is attached to the cassette body and the fibers are extended into the cassette body and form terminations at connectors. The connectors are connected to adapters located at the front of the cassette. A front side of the adapters defines termination locations for cables to be connected to the fibers connected at the rear of the adapters.
One aspect of the invention relates to providing a cable including a jacket, a strength member. The strength member and the jacket are crimped to a crimp tube and is mounted to the cassette body, allowing the fibers to extend past the crimped tube into the interior of the cassette body. A strain relief boot is provided at the cable entry location.
In one embodiment, the cable entry location is located at the rear of the cassette body opposite to the front. In one embodiment, the cassette body defines a top surface and a bottom surface which define major sides of the cassette body and extend between the front and the rear. The adapters along the front are arranged linearly in one embodiment and extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to the major surfaces defined by the top and the bottom of the cassette body. The cassette can be oriented in any position, so that the top and bottom sides can be reversed, or positioned vertically, or at some other orientation.
In one embodiment, the cable at the cable entry location extends parallel to the longitudinal direction before entry into the cassette body.
Disposed within the cassette body are cable radius limiters which provide cable management of the fibers extending from the cable entry location to the connectors at the rear of the adapters.
In one embodiment, an adapter block with a plurality of adapters is formed and includes a front end, a rear end, and internal structures which allow mating with fiber optic connectors at the front end, such as SC or LC style connectors. The adapter block may be removable from a remainder of the cassette.
In one embodiment, a rear of the adapter block defines a rear clip which retains a split sleeve and a hub and ferrule of a connector which terminates an interior fiber. In another embodiment, the rear end of the adapter block defines an opening for receipt of an SC or LC style connector.
The cassette can be utilized in a chassis which includes a stationary mount relative to the chassis, or the cassette can be movably mounted, such as in a variety of sliding movements to allow access to a selected cassette, thereby improving access to a selected front connector attached to the cassette.
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Cassette 10 includes a body 26 defining a front 28, a rear 30 and an interior 32. Body 26 further includes a top 34, a bottom 36, and sides 38, 40.
Cassette body 26 defines a cable entry location 44 which in the illustrated embodiment is along rear 30. In the illustrated embodiment, cable 12 includes an outer jacket 50 and inner strength member 52 around inner fibers 20. Fibers 20 extend past an end of jacket 50, and an end of strength member 52, and into interior 32 for connection with the front connectors at adapters 14.
As shown, cable 12 includes a boot 60 to provide strain relief at cable entry location 44. Cable 12 can flex away from cassette body 26 in the direction of arrow A, and is protected from excessive bending by boot 60. Entry 44 is located close to corner 42, so that boot 60 and cable 12 is partially protected at entry 44 by being able to reside in a rear channel 46.
Adapters 14 are arranged linearly and positioned along longitudinal axis 62. Cable 12 at cable entry location 44 extends parallel to the longitudinal axis 62, although some bending is permitted relative to the longitudinal axis 62.
In general, cassette 10 includes top 34 and bottom 36 which are generally parallel to each other and define the major surfaces of cassette body 26. Sides 38, 40, front 28, and rear 30 define the minor sides of cassette body 26. The cassette can be oriented in any position, so that the top and bottom surfaces can be reversed, or positioned vertically, or at some other orientation.
As will be described below, multiple rows of adapters 14 can be provided with cassette 10. See
Cable 12 is connected to cable entry location 44 with a crimp tube 70 and a crimp ring 72 which crimps jacket 50 and strength member 52 to crimp tube 70. A small pocket 76 captures crimp tube 70 for retention with cassette body 26. Pocket captures hex end 78 of crimp tube 70 to retain cable 12 with cassette body 26.
Disposed within interior 32 of cassette body 26 are a plurality of radius limiters 80 which provide cable bend radius protection for the fibers disposed within interior 32. Cable radius limiters 80 can be in the form of discrete interior structures, and/or curved exterior surfaces which form around the front 28, rear 30, and sides 38, 40.
In the illustrated embodiment, the adapters 14 are formed in a block construction 90 having a front end 92, and an opposite rear end 94. Front end 92 includes a profile for receiving SC connectors 108. Front end 92 includes SC clips 96 for clipping to an SC connector. Adapter block 90 also includes a rear clip 98 which clips to a hub and ferrule 100 (hub 104 mounted to ferrule 106) which terminates each fiber 20 exposed within interior 32 of cassette 10. Hub and ferrule 100 form a rear connector. A split sleeve 102 is also provided for ferrule alignment between hub and ferrule 100 (rear connector) and the ferrule of the front SC connector 108.
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Another embodiment of a fiber optic cassette 310 is shown in
Cassette 310 also includes a pocket 338 for slack storage of fibers. Pocket 338 is formed with rounded outer surfaces 338 in body 326, and rounded outer surfaces 350 in adapter block 320. Tabs 360 help facilitate positioning of the fiber storage loops in pocket 338, during assembly and later removal of block 320, by directing the loops downward.
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In one embodiment, cassette 10 generally has a length of 3 to 4 inches (parallel to the longitudinal direction 62), a width of 2 to 3 inches (front to back), and a height of approximately ½ inch. More preferably, the length is 3 to 3½ inches, the width is 2 to 2½ inches, and the height is ½ inch. The height can vary as needed, such as to accommodate multiple rows of adapters. With such a construction, it is preferred that the cable enter at the rear of the housing with a strain relief boot and crimp parallel to the front, and that the internal cables include managed slack such as with curved internal surfaces in order to avoid going below the minimum bend radius.
In accordance with some aspects, certain types of adapters 900 may be configured to collect physical layer information from one or more fiber optic connectors 920 received thereat. For example, as shown in
Certain types of media reading interfaces 1020 include one or more contact members 1021 that are positioned in the slots 1010. As shown in
Example adapters having media reading interfaces and example fiber optic connectors having suitable memory storage and memory contacts are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 8,690,593, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
In addition to the various uses and applications of the described cassettes, the cassettes can be used to terminate the fibers of a multi-fiber FOT cable, such as a 144 fiber cable, to make installation of the terminated cables easier and faster. Also, the cassette can be associated with a cable spool such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 9,063,316 or 8,422,847, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
One advantage of the disclosed cassettes is that handling in the field of individual connectors is eliminated or MPO connectors and fanouts with upjackets are eliminated.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/958,603, filed Apr. 20, 2018, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,578,821; which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/392,672, filed Dec. 28, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,952,400; which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/645,634, filed Oct. 5, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,535,229; which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/544,987, filed Oct. 7, 2011, which applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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