US 12,105,339 B2
Wiring module, frame body for wiring module, and forming method for forming wiring module
Takayuki Yokochi, Osaka (JP); Kenichiro Otsuka, Osaka (JP); Takayuki Shimazu, Osaka (JP); and Junji Fukui, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/631,835
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/021451
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/254724, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358986 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4457 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4452 (2013.01); G02B 6/4454 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wiring module comprising:
a bottom plate;
a module having two surfaces facing each other;
a plurality of optical fibers, each of which is connected to the module via at least one of the surfaces of the module;
a plurality of reels which are sequentially stacked on an upper surface of the bottom plate, each of the plurality of reels accommodating a bundle of one corresponding optical fiber among the plurality of optical fibers, wherein the module is disposed in a space formed inside the plurality of reels which are stacked, and
wherein the reel includes a body portion extending in a stacking direction of the plurality of reels, and a flange portion formed at a position close to one end of the body portion in an extending direction of the body portion and extending toward an outer side of the body portion in a direction intersecting the extending direction; and
a plurality of pillars extending in the stacking direction of the plurality of reels and spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting the stacking direction,
wherein a plurality of holes are formed in the body portion of the reel, a corresponding pillar being inserted into each of the plurality of holes.