US 12,265,272 B2
Fiber connection box for multi-dwelling unit
Kim Leeson, Ipswich (GB); and Shaun Trezise, Aldeburgh (GB)
Assigned to PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD., Woodbridge (GB)
Filed by PPC BROADBAND FIBER LTD., Woodbridge (GB)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,063.
Application 17/578,063 is a continuation of application No. 16/209,964, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,226,462.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/594,540, filed on Dec. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252808 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/445 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4447 (2013.01); G02B 6/4448 (2013.01); G02B 6/4454 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure box assembly for fiber optic cable that is configured to prevent removal of the enclosure from a support, comprising:
an enclosure portion including a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and two opposed side walls that define an interior, wherein the enclosure portion comprises an enclosure box and a preterminated fiber optic drop cable;
a mounting portion including a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposed side edges and configured to be mounted to a support without accessing the interior of the enclosure portion, wherein the mounting portion comprises a backplate;
wherein the enclosure portion is configured to house and prevent access to a portion of a fiber optic adapter in the interior and a portion of a fiber optic cable that is configured to be optically coupled with the portion of the fiber optic adapter in the interior;
wherein the mounting portion includes an enclosure portion latching portion extending from the front surface of the planar member inward of the top edge, the bottom edge, and the two opposed side edges into the interior of the enclosure box;
wherein the enclosure portion includes a mounting portion latching portion configured to latch with the enclosure portion latching portion so as to couple the enclosure portion with the mounting portion and prevent the mounting portion from being unmounted from a support; and
wherein the enclosure portion is configured to prevent access to the inward location of the enclosure portion latching portion so as to prevent a latched configuration of the enclosure portion latching portion with the mounting portion latching portion from being unlatched, thereby preventing the enclosure portion from being uncoupled from the mounting portion.