US 12,443,001 B2
Extendable splice tray
Cameron Clines, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); Dan Levac, Gahanna, OH (US); and Matt Becker, Mentor, OH (US)
Assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed by PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO., Mayfield Village, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,609.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/274,253, filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138383 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4455 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4454 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber-optic splice holder, comprising:
a first holder portion comprising a first fiber-optic splice holding location and having a first length along which the first fiber-optic splice holding location is situated;
a second holder portion actuatable with respect to the first holder portion and comprising a second fiber-optic splice holding location and having a second length along which the second fiber-optic splice holding location is situated; and
a coupling for connecting the second holder portion in an engagement to the first holder portion via cooperating contact engagement structures of the first and second holder portions to place the second length of the second holder portion in series with the first length of the first holder portion such that the second fiber-optic splice holding location is in a linear progression from the first fiber-optic splice holding location.