US 12,235,500 B2
Fiber management tray arrangements and assemblies for fiber optic closure organizers
Bart Mattie Claessens, Hasselt (BE); and Pieter Doultremont, Kermt-Hasselt (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/798,522
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/017698
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/163356, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,919, filed on Feb. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090507 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4441 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4455 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber management organizer for a telecommunications closure, comprising:
a main body extending along a vertical axis of the fiber management organizer from a bottom of the main body to a top of the main body, the main body including a horizontal wall perpendicular to the vertical axis, the horizontal wall dividing an upper region vertically above the wall from a lower region vertically below the wall, the horizontal wall including an upper surface facing vertically upward that defines the upper region and a lower surface facing away from the upper surface and vertically downward that defines the lower region, the upper region including an upper cable fixation portion and an upper fiber management portion, the lower region including a lower cable fixation portion and a lower fiber management portion; and
a first fiber management tray pivotally coupled to the main body at the upper fiber management portion, such that when the first fiber management tray is fully pivoted down onto the main body and in a storage position, the fiber management tray is vertically above the upper region and vertically above the lower region, the first fiber management tray including:
a first fiber management surface facing a first direction;
a second fiber management surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction;
a first wall projecting from the first fiber management surface in the first direction about at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the first fiber management surface; and
a second wall projecting from the first fiber management surface in the second direction about at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the second fiber management surface;
wherein each of the first fiber management surface and the second fiber management surface defines structures for mounting optical fiber splice holders at the first and second fiber management surfaces, respectively.