US 11,809,009 B2
Outside plant data communication systems
Donald Gross, Raleigh, NC (US); and Iuliu Cosmin Gordea, Liberty Lake, NC (US)
Assigned to Telect, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed by Telect, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/347,057.
Application 17/347,057 is a continuation of application No. 16/598,974, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,036,020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0373269 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4455 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data communication system for deploying outside plant fiber optics, the data communication system comprising:
a first tray moveably disposed in an inside of an enclosure, the enclosure including one or more second trays moveably disposed in the inside of the enclosure; and
a cassette disposed in the first tray, the cassette having a first end opposite a second end, the first end of cassette having a first geometry symmetrical, about at least one axis, to a second geometry of the second end of the cassette, the cassette further including:
a first connector fastening station arranged in the first end of the cassette, the first connector fastening station including a first plurality of receptacles to fasten, respectively, a plurality of optical fiber interfaces, and
a second connector fastening station arranged in the second end of the cassette, the second connector fastening station including a second plurality of receptacles to fasten, respectively, a plurality of test ports including:
an LC connector,
an SC connector,
a coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) test port, or
a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) test port,
wherein, when the first tray and the one or more second trays are moveably disposed in the inside of the enclosure, the plurality of test ports are accessible without moving the first tray and without moving the one or more second trays.