US 12,436,348 B2
Optical fiber management assembly
Erik David Bishop, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US); and Harry L. Vaswani, Garner, NC (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/633,773
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/045473
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/026486, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/884,300, filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276456 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4446 (2013.01) [G02B 6/44515 (2023.05); G02B 6/44528 (2023.05); G02B 6/4454 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
(a) a housing;
(b) 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;
(c) an optical fiber management assembly including a plurality of panels and at least one hinge location disposed between the plurality of panels, wherein the optical fiber management assembly is configured to be foldable at the at least one hinge location; and
(d) optical fibers being supported on at least one of the plurality of panels;
wherein the at least one hinge location is adapted to move each of the plurality of panels between a first state and a second state, wherein a first panel of the plurality of panels includes a fiber optic connector storage area.