US 11,988,885 B2
Terminal system assemblies with breakout/adapter modules
Gerald Joseph Meier, Olathe, KS (US); Ravindra K. Vora, Freehold, NJ (US); Panakkal Sadasivan Subin, Ernakulam (IN); Mundackal Muhammedali Beevi Kunju, Ernakulam (IN); Biji Mathew Arakkakudy, Ernakulam (IN); Aravind Puthenveedu Jayaprakash, Ernakulam (IN); and Renjith Rajan, Cochin (IN)
Assigned to OPTERNA AM, INC., Sterling, VA (US)
Filed by OPTERNA AM, INC., Sterling, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,648.
Application 17/875,648 is a continuation of application No. 17/083,284, filed on Oct. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,402,596.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/050,006, filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/926,616, filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365306 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4457 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4472 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal system assembly comprising:
a base plate;
a spool rotatably mounted to the base plate and configured to receive an input fiber cable;
an adapter module for securing a connection between a fiber of the input fiber cable and a fiber of an output fiber cable;
wherein the adapter module includes an anti-rotation portion that is configured to cooperate with an anti-rotation portion of the base plate to prevent rotation of the spool and the adapter module relative to the base plate when the adapter module is coupled with the spool;
wherein the anti-rotation portion of the base plate includes a locking post extending from a surface of the base plate;
wherein the anti-rotation portion of the adapter module includes a locking bar;
wherein the locking post defines a channel; and
wherein the locking bar is configured to be aligned with and received by the locking post to prevent rotation of the spool and the adapter module.