US 12,326,596 B2
Flexible organizer and self-supporting unit
Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kessel-Lo (BE); Jan Willem Rietveld, Benschop (NL); Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt (BE); Johan Geens, Bunsbeek (BE); and Pieter Vermeulen, Westerlo (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/393,540.
Application 18/393,540 is a continuation of application No. 17/843,061, filed on Jun. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,892,683.
Application 17/843,061 is a continuation of application No. 17/045,731, previously published as PCT/US2019/025869, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,146, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,961, filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126021 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3608 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4439 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of ruggedized fiber optic adapters secured to the housing, the ruggedized fiber optic adapters including hardened connector ports accessible from outside the housing and non-hardened connector ports accessible from inside the housing;
a fiber manager positioned within the housing, the fiber manager being constructed from flexible sheet initially having a planar configuration prior to installation in the housing, the flexible sheet having a main body and at least one fold line that divides the flexible sheet into a first section and a second section, the flexible sheet being folded along the fold line into a non-planar configuration as positioned within the housing, the first section defining pass-through openings positioned adjacent to the non-hardened connector ports; and
connectorized optical structures including optical fibers having connectorized ends, the optical fibers being bonded to the first section along fiber routing paths, the connectorized ends plugging into the non-hardened connector ports, and the connectorized optical structures extending through the pass-through openings defined by the first section.