US 12,353,020 B2
Optical fiber adapter mounting devices
Bart Mattie Claessens, Hasselt (BE); and Roger Joseph Alaerts, Langdorp (BE)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 18/043,426
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/047566
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/046917, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,626, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393346 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3825 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3897 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical fiber adapter mounting device comprising:
a mounting plate comprising:
a base;
a first sidewall and an opposite second sidewall; and
a plurality of mounts defined by the base and disposed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, wherein each of the plurality of mounts comprise a hold down and a hook; and
a plurality of adapter holders, wherein each of the plurality of adapter holders are pivotally coupled to the mounting plate at a corresponding mount of the plurality of mounts and configured to support an optical fiber adapter, wherein each of the plurality of adapter holders comprise:
a platform comprising a first end, an opposite second end, and a cutout disposed between the first end and the second end;
a dowel disposed at the first end, wherein both ends of the dowel are coupled to the platform such that a center portion of the dowel is spaced from the first end of the platform by a gap, wherein the hold down at least partially extends through the gap to pivotally engage the dowel such that the platform is pivotable between at least a first position, whereby the platform is disposed substantially parallel to the base, and a second position, whereby the second end is raised relative to the base, and wherein the hook is selectively receivable at least partially within the cutout when the platform is in the first position; and
a frame disposed at the second end and defining a chamber that receives at least a portion of the optical fiber adapter.