US 12,282,201 B2
Splicing tray utilized in fiber optic patch panel assembly for fiber optic cable connection management
Charles Poe, Palo Alto, CA (US); Clinton S. Morris, Nashville, TN (US); and Robert L. Brumit, Jr., Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,626.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,216, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258900 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H04Q 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4454 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3897 (2013.01); G02B 6/4403 (2013.01); H04Q 1/13 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patch panel assembly, comprising:
a top ceiling, a bottom cover, and two opposing side panels defining an interior region therein;
a splicing tray disposed in the interior region, wherein the splicing tray is slidable between a non-extended position and an extended position;
one or more connector trays vertically disposed above and coupled with the splicing tray, the one or more connector trays slidable with the splicing tray between the non-extended position and the extended position; and
a front cover openable to allow the splicing tray and the one or more connector trays to move together between the non-extended position and the extended position.