US 11,719,901 B2
Dense wavelength division multiplexing fiber optic apparatuses and related equipment
Terry Dean Cox, Fort Worth, TX (US); Dong Gui, San Jose, CA (US); Lingling Hu, Fort Worth, TX (US); Scott William Ramsdell, Charlotte, NC (US); and Diana Rodriguez, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,660.
Application 17/592,660 is a division of application No. 17/031,088, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,165, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155545 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/25 (2013.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4454 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4452 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01); H04J 14/0228 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic apparatus, comprising:
a chassis;
wherein the chassis is configured to support a fiber optic connection density of at least one hundred ninety-two (192) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) channels per U space, based on using at least one duplex fiber optic component;
a plurality of fiber optic equipment trays supported by the chassis; and
a plurality of fiber optic assemblies configured to be installed in the plurality of fiber optic equipment trays, wherein each fiber optic assembly of the plurality of fiber optic assemblies comprises a front side configured to support the at least one duplex fiber optic component, a fiber routing volume, and a plurality of optical fibers disposed within the fiber routing volume and arranged to establish optical connections between an input fiber optic component and at least one output fiber optic component.