US 12,228,779 B2
Interchangeable telecommunications enclosure components
Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA, Kessel-Lo (BE)
Filed by COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA, Kessel-Lo (BE)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/505,282.
Application 18/505,282 is a continuation of application No. 17/746,700, filed on May 17, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/746,700 is a continuation of application No. 16/486,383, granted, now 11,360,282, issued on Jun. 14, 2022, previously published as PCT/EP2018/053767, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/522,435, filed on Jun. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,376, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142734 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4446 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4441 (2013.01); G02B 6/4447 (2013.01); G02B 6/4452 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a telecommunications enclosure system, comprising:
providing a housing defining an interior volume;
providing a plurality of covers configured to be mounted to the housing to cover an opening defined by the housing, the plurality of covers including:
a first cover having a first spatial arrangement of first connector ports configured to receive first fiber optic connectors for connecting first optical fibers terminated at the first fiber optic connectors to first other optical fibers within the interior volume when the first cover is mounted to the housing and covers the opening; and
a second cover having a second spatial arrangement of second connector ports configured to receive second fiber optic connectors for connecting second optical fibers terminated at the second fiber optic connectors to second other optical fibers within the interior volume when the second cover is mounted to the housing and covers the opening,
the first spatial arrangement being different from the second spatial arrangement;
selecting, based on a desired connectorization for the telecommunications enclosure system, one of the first cover and the second cover, to provide a selected cover of the plurality of covers; and
mounting the selected cover to the housing such that the selected cover covers the opening and such that the selected cover and the housing form an environmentally sealed enclosure,
wherein at least one of the first cover and the second cover includes a plate and a block extending from the plate, the block fully surrounding all of the first connector ports or all of the second connector ports such that the first connector ports or the second connector ports are all positioned within the block.