US 11,860,433 B2
Optical splice and termination module
Rodney C. Schoenfelder, Shakopee, MN (US); David J. Johnsen, Plymouth, MN (US); Matthew J. Holmberg, Carver, MN (US); and Jackson Ray Pomroy, Minnetonka, MN (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/849,041.
Application 17/849,041 is a continuation of application No. 16/603,098, granted, now 11,372,186, previously published as PCT/US2018/026069, filed on Apr. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/481,397, filed on Apr. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009611 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4454 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4457 (2013.01); G02B 6/4478 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical module comprising:
a housing defining an interior, the housing including a management spool having at least one alignment aperture;
an optical adapter arrangement disposed at the housing, the optical adapter arrangement having inner ports accessible from the interior of the housing and outer ports accessible from an exterior of the housing;
a cable inlet leading from the exterior of the housing to the interior of the housing, the cable inlet being configured to receive an optical cable including a plurality of optical fibers;
a splice location disposed within the interior of the housing;
a plurality of optical pigtails extending from unterminated ends to connectorized ends, the unterminated ends being disposed at the splice location, the connectorized ends being plugged into the inner ports of the optical adapter arrangement; and
a separator disposed within the interior of the housing, the separator disposed over a portion of the optical pigtails extending from the inner ports of the optical adapter arrangement, the separator having at least one alignment tab configured to partially engage the at least one alignment aperture of the management spool and to align the separator within the housing.