US 11,899,262 B2
Fiber management components for telelcommunications closures
Miguel Angel Gutierrez, Chihuahua (MX); Jesus Gustavo Pureco Chico, Chihuahua (MX); Harry L. Vaswani, Garner, NC (US); Genaro Neri, Chihuahua (MX); and Luis Carlos Mendoza, Juarez (MX)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/599,917
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/024252
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/205313, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,341, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196953 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4446 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/4444 (2013.01); G02B 6/4452 (2013.01); G02B 6/4478 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telecommunications closure, comprising:
first and second housing pieces configured to cooperate to define a re-enterable closure volume, the first housing piece including a plurality of connector ports adapted to mate with fiber optic connectors and an interior wall that defines a fiber management volume of the closure volume; and
a frame configured to connect to a fiber management tray, the frame including an outer wall defining an opening within the frame and configured to conform to the interior wall of the first housing piece, a plurality of the connector ports being accessible through the opening defined by the outer wall of the frame for installing connectors in, or removing the connectors from, the plurality of the connector ports when the frame is coupled to the first housing piece.