Interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber-connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.
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0. 19. An interconnect cabinet for optical fibers, comprising:
an enclosure;
a splitter mounted in the enclosure that is configured to optically couple a plurality of pigtail optical fibers to an input optical fiber, the splitter having a plurality of connectorized pigtails extending therefrom with each of the connectorized pigtails including one of the pigtail optical fibers, each of the connectorized pigtails having a first end optically coupled in the splitter to the input optical fiber and a second end having an optical connector thereon with one of the pigtail optical fibers extending from the first end to the second end; and
a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members;
wherein the connectorized pigtails have a cable length from the first end to the second end, without a connector therebetween, sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members; and
wherein the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure and moveable between first and second positions to allow access to a first side of the optical fiber connection members and a second side of the optical fiber connection members opposite the first side, respectively; and
wherein the cabinet includes a first pigtail routing path within the enclosure that extends from the splitter to the termination panel and a second pigtail routing path within the enclosure that extends from the splitter to a pigtail storage location for storing unused ones of the connectorized pigtails, the pigtail storage location being separate from the termination panel.
0. 1. An interconnect cabinet for optical fibers, comprising:
an enclosure;
a splitter mounted in the enclosure that is configured to optically couple a plurality of optical fibers to a single optical fiber and having a plurality of optical fiber connectorized pigtails extending therefrom, each of the connectorized pigtails having a first end optically coupled in the splitter to an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office and a second end having an optical connector thereon with an optical fiber extending from the first end to the second end;
a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations; and
wherein the connectorized pigtails have a cable length from the first end to the second end, without a connector therebetween, sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members and wherein the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure to allow access to a front and a back side of the connection members from a front side of the enclosure.
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0. 17. An interconnect cabinet, comprising:
an enclosure;
a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations or are associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office;
at least one jumper cable for cross-connecting ones of the connection members; and
a spooling system mounted in the enclosure and configured to receive and store excess cable length of the at least one jumper cable;
wherein the at least one jumper cable has a cable length sufficient to allow cross-connecting of the plurality of connection members; and
wherein a distance between a first and a last of the spools is about half the distance between first and last rows of connection members on the termination panel.
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0. 20. The interconnect cabinet for optical fibers according to claim 19, wherein the pigtail storage location comprises a hook.
0. 21. The interconnect cabinet for optical fibers according to claim 20, wherein the hook comprises at least a portion of a spool.
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The present application claims priority to and is a reissue continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/178,135, filed Feb. 11, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. RE46,945, which is a reissue continuation U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/592,274, filed Nov. 20, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. RE44,758, which is reissue of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/584,068, filed Oct. 20, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,298,952, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/799,328, filed Mar. 12, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,142,764 which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/456,323, filed Mar. 20, 2003, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by reference. The present application and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/178,135, filed Feb. 11, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. RE46,945, are both also reissues of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/584,068, filed Oct. 20, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,298,952.
The present invention relates to optical fiber management and, more particularly, to systems for connecting optical fibers.
When providing services using an optical fiber network, it is generally necessary to add and drop subscribers over time. As a result, a variety of methods are provided for interconnecting subscriber locations with a central office connecting facility operated by an optical network provider. To improve the utilization of communication circuits within such a central office facility, interconnection cabinets, such as a centralized splitter cabinet (CSC) and/or centralized splitter cross-connect (CSX), may be provided as part of the outside plant (OSP) infrastructure of the optical fiber network. Doing so may allow some of the burden of establishing and changing connections on the network to be shifted away from the central office and facilitate incremental growth of an installed network as new subscribers are added.
A centralized splitter cabinet (CSC) is typically a passive optical enclosure that provides random termination of optical splitters suitable for use in OSP environment. A CSC may be pedestal or pole mounted in the field. A CSC may provide a flexibility point for termination of distribution cable as well as enclosing a splitter array. This flexibility in interconnections of the downstream fiber network may facilitate optimization of the use of electronic equipment in the central office by, for example, avoiding the need to dedicate circuits in the central office to each subscriber location when many such locations may not be active.
A field service technician may be sent to the CSC to modify the selection of a subscriber location coupled through a splitter to a particular fiber from the central office by connecting and disconnecting various cables found in the CSC. For example, it is known to provide connectorized pigtail cables associated with each subscriber location serviced by a CSC in the CSC. A technician can then select the cable for a designated subscriber location, for example, based on a label attached to the pigtail, and insert the selected cable in a connection point of a splitter.
Some currently available splitter interconnect cabinets utilize industry standard connectorized bulkhead modules to house splitters. These designs generally do not permit access to the rear of the connector without breaking a warranty seal and are designed for the central office environment. The seal may be critical for the manufacturer to ensure that no damage to the splitter occurs post-manufacturing (in the field). This requirement may be in direct opposition to the cleaning requirement, for which access to the front and back of a connection point may be desired.
Embodiments of the present invention provide interconnect cabinets for optical fibers that include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.
In further embodiments of the present invention, the splitter further includes at least one input optical fiber and the splitter is configured to splice the at least one input optical fiber to the plurality of connectorized pigtails. An optical fiber cable from the central office may be coupled to the at least one input optical fiber and optical fiber cables from the subscriber locations may be coupled to the plurality of connection members. The splitter may be an optical fiber splitter tray and the enclosure may be configured to receive a plurality of optical fiber splitter trays and/or a plurality of termination panels. The plurality of connectorized pigtails may have substantially the same length. The enclosure may be a double-walled housing configured to provide passive cooling.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the termination panel is pivotally mounted in the enclosure to allow access to a front and a back side of the connection members from a front side of the enclosure. The termination panel may be a front panel of a termination module and the termination module may further include a splice chamber configured to mount a plurality of splice modules adjacent a back side of the termination panel. The splice chamber may be pivotally mounted in the enclosure to provide access to the splice chamber from the front side of the enclosure. The termination module may be removably mounted in the enclosure to allow removal of the termination module through the front side of the enclosure. The termination panel and the splice chamber may be pivotally mounted in the enclosure for independent pivotal movement.
In further embodiments of the present invention, the termination module further includes a movable cable securing member configured to receive and secure an optical fiber cable, the cable securing member having a first position aligned with a closed position of the splice chamber and a second position aligned with an open position of the splice chamber. The cable securing member may include an attachment member configured to receive and retain a strength member of the optical fiber cable. The cable securing member may be detachable from the termination module to allow movement between the first position and the second position.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the cable securing member is pivotally attached to the termination module to allow movement between the first position and the second position. The cable securing member may pivot about a neutral axis having an arc length for a cable secured therein that is substantially the same in the first and the second positions to limit loads on the cable secured therein during movement of the cable securing member between the first and second positions.
In further embodiments of the present invention, the cabinet further includes a spooling system mounted in the enclosure and configured to receive and store excess cable length of the plurality of connectorized pigtails. The spooling system may include a plurality of spools displaced from each other in the enclosure by a distance corresponding to a distance between a first and last row of connection members on the termination panel. A distance between a first and a last of the spools may be about half the distance between first and last rows of connection members on the termination panel. The spooling system may also include an initial loop spool configured to receive all the connectorized pigtails and provide the connectorized pigtails a common entry point to the spooling system. The spools may be half-moon spools.
In other embodiments of the present invention, optical fiber termination modules include a mounting member adapted to be mounted to an interconnect cabinet for optical fibers. A bulkhead termination panel is pivotally mounted to the mounting member to allow access to a back side of the termination panel covered by the mounting member. A plurality of optical fiber connection members are mounted in the termination panel. The connection members may include a front socket configured to receive a mating optical fiber plug connector and a back socket configured to receive a mating optical fiber plug connector to provide an optical coupling between the mating optical fiber plug connectors received therein.
In further embodiments of the present invention, the termination module includes a splice chamber mounted to the mounting member proximate the back side of the termination panel. The splice chamber is configured to receive at least one splice module. The splice chamber may be pivotally mounted to the mounting member for pivotal movement separately from the termination panel. A front side of the splice chamber may face the termination panel and the at least one splice module may be received on an opposite, back side of the splice chamber. The splice module may be accessible in an open position of the splice chamber. The splice module may be a splice tray.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the termination module includes the splice module(s) and a plurality of connectorized pigtails extending from the splice module(s) to the connector members on a back side of the termination panel. The splice chamber may also include an optical fiber slack receiving region positioned between the splice module(s) and the termination panel. A mounting means may be provided for removably mounting the termination module in an optical fiber interconnect cabinet.
In yet other embodiments of the present invention, configuring an interconnect cabinet for optical fibers for outside plant management of subscriber optical fiber connectivity includes providing a termination panel in the cabinet having a plurality of optical fiber connection points and a splitter in the cabinet having a plurality of optical fiber connectorized pigtails extending therefrom, the connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection points. The connectorized pigtails are optically spliced to an optical fiber feeder cable coupled to a central office. The plurality of optical fiber connection points are optically spliced to respective subscriber locations.
In further embodiments of the present invention, ones of the connectorized pigtails are selectively coupled to ones of the connection points to provide service to designated ones of the subscriber locations. One of the connectorized pigtails may be selectively decoupled from one of the connection points to terminate service for a designated one of the subscriber locations. The cabinet may further include a plurality of fiber management spools and the connectorized pigtails may be routed around selected ones of the fiber management spools based on a location of a connection point to which they are to be coupled. The pigtails may be optically spliced to an optical fiber feeder cable coupled to a central office in a splice closure outside of the interconnect cabinet.
In other embodiments of the present invention, interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a termination panel mounted in the enclosure and having a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations or are associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. One or more jumper cables are provided for cross-connecting ones of the connection members. A spooling system mounted in the enclosure is configured to receive and store excess cable length of the jumper cable(s). The jumper cable(s) have a cable length sufficient to allow cross-connecting of the plurality of connection members. The spooling system may include a plurality of spools displaced from each other in the enclosure by a distance corresponding to a distance between a first and last row of connection members on the termination panel. The spooling system may further include a mid-point spool.
The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown. In the drawings, the relative sizes of regions or features may be exaggerated for clarity. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
Some embodiments of the present invention utilize a multi-layer, fold down tray approach to support various functions, such as slack storage, pigtail to outside plant (OSP) cable splicing and angle down front patching. A termination module according to such embodiments may be designed in a modular fashion so that it can be used separately in a small pedestal or ganged together with other termination modules in a pad (i.e. ground) or pole mounted cabinet. The termination modules may also be pre-terminated to subscriber location optical fibers before mounting in an interconnect cabinet. The termination modules in some embodiments may also be removed from the cabinet and carried to a remote location, such as a splice truck, to facilitate initial installation.
The termination modules in some embodiments include splice trays therein that may be oriented such that they can be worked on remotely or in the cabinet when a repair situation arises. In some embodiments, the entire patching field pivots downward and/or sideways, allowing access to both sides of the connector for cleaning while potentially reducing or avoiding the normal disruption of disconnecting existing subscribers to gain access. Cleaning both sides of an optical connector may be beneficial, particularly when using connectors in the OSP. A detachable cable security member is incorporated into some embodiments of the termination module of the present invention, which may allow fixation of the cable as well as the central strength member in both an open and closed position of the termination module without placing undue strain on the cable from a change in orientation of the termination module during installation or the like.
The cable security member of some embodiments of the present invention need only be separated from the termination module during closing (when the termination panel is moved from an open to a closed position). The relative position of the cable security member to the splice trays may remain substantially unchanged during the closing (or opening).
A splitter module array (one or more splitters) can be built up incrementally in a cabinet by adding one pre-connectorized splitter module at a time in some embodiments of the present invention. The splitter module may, for example, be splitter/splice trays coupled to a hanger bracket for purposes of mounting. However, alternative embodiments may use a splitter box that is loaded into a rack or some other bracket. Labels on the forward facing edge of the splitter module may be included to indicate subscribers allocated to that splitter. Labels on the front of the splitter module could also be included to indicate test data and/or relevant manufacturing information.
In some embodiments of the present invention, random over-length storage of connectorized pigtails exiting the splitters may incorporate the use of half-moon spools, which may provide bend control as well as incremental slack compensation. The spools may be, for example, evenly spaced such that each spool is allocated to specific fields of the patch panel, which may simplify tracing of pigtails.
In various embodiments of the present invention, only front access may be needed to work on cabinet. General fiber management and organization may be a problem with existing cabinet designs. Some embodiments of the present invention may overcome these shortcomings by regrouping the various functions (splicing, patching, splitting) in a way that may be counter-intuitive to standard practices. This regrouping of functions may significantly increase productivity, craft friendliness and/or maintainability of fiber management in interconnect cabinets according to some embodiments of the present invention.
For some embodiments of the present invention, as will be described further herein with reference to the figures, shifting the bulkhead connection point from the splitter to a patch panel may permit access to both sides of the connection point for cleaning. Also, for some embodiments of the present invention, a reduced number of loose/unterminated pigtails may need to be managed during routine maintenance and reconfiguration. Various embodiments of the present invention may provide for 216 or more pigtails hanging in bunches and that number may be incrementally reduced as subscribers are added to the network. Some embodiments of the present invention may reduce this congestion to a maximum of 15 fibers for 1×16 splitters or 31 for 1×32 splitters. This smaller number may be reduced as subscribers are added until none are left and a new splitter is added. The unused pigtails may be stored on the side of the cabinet segregated from the active fibers. The patch panel design may allow subscribers to be identified quickly as contrasted with other known approaches that require the craft to fumble through bundles of pigtails in search of one specific customer that has subscribed to the network and needs connecting.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the various embodiments illustrated in
As will be understood by those of skill in the art, the splice modules 115a, 115b may be used to connect optical fibers from the cables 105, 110 to a backside of the optical fiber connection points (members) 120a, 120b. While two splice modules 115a, 115b are illustrated in
As shown in
As illustrated in the embodiments of
For the embodiments illustrated in
The present invention will now be further described with reference to the embodiments of an interconnect cabinet 200 for optical fibers illustrated in
As shown in the embodiments of
The termination module 230 includes a termination patch panel 232 on its front face that includes a plurality of optical fiber connection points (members) 220. The connection members 220 include sockets 221 configured to receive the connectorized plugs of the pigtails 250. As also shown in the embodiments of
The arrangement illustrated in
The spooling system 270, 272 may be used to support routing of the pigtails 250 in a manner that may advantageously control bending of the pigtails 250 to reduce the risk of damage to the optical fiber and provide further organization to the routing of the pigtails 250, particularly where a fully loaded interconnect cabinet 200 may include a large number of such pigtails 250. The spooling system 270, 272 is mounted in the enclosure 202 and configured to receive and store excess cable length of the connectorized pigtails 250. The spools 270, in some embodiments of the present invention, are displaced from each other in the enclosure by a distance corresponding to a distance between a first and last row of the connection points 220 on the termination patch panel 232. In other words, as viewed in
As also shown in
A plurality of splitter modules 240 and a single termination module 230 are illustrated in
Some embodiments of the present invention provide for routing of jumper cables to provide a cross-connect between two of the interconnection members 220, as contrasted with routing of pigtails 250 from the splitter modules 240. In such embodiments, the hook or mid-point spool 305 may be used and positioned at a location above the spools 270 to facilitate routing of the jumper cables. For example, the hook or mid-point spool 305 could be positioned to provide a turn-around point at the mid-point of the jumper cable length.
The pigtail 480 may extend from a splice chamber 430b by, for example, routing through a protective conduit 472b or a hardened cable 472b. The cables 472a, 472b may extend from splice modules 115a, 115b mounted in the splice chamber 430b through an optical fiber slack receiving region 474 of the splice chamber 430b. The splice chamber 430b may also be pivotally mounted in a manner such that access to the splice region from the front side of the interconnect cabinet 400 is provided via rotation of the splice chamber 430b about a pivot point 478.
A mounting member 430c of the termination module 430b may support the pivot points 476, 478 and provide for mounting of the termination module 430 in the interconnect cabinet 400.
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As seen in the embodiments of
Further embodiments of the termination module according the present invention will now be described with reference to
A movable cable securing member 682 is configured to receive, secure and/or provide strain relief for an optical fiber cable 105, 110. The moveable cable securing member 682 is illustrated in a first position aligned with a closed position of the termination panel 630a and a splice chamber 630b in
For the embodiments of the moveable cable securing member 682 illustrated in
The illustrated cable securing member 682 in
As shown by
Before opening the termination module 630 from the position of
The arrangement for positioning of the interconnection members 720 in
The embodiments of
Methods for outside plant management of subscriber optical fiber connectivity according to some embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the flowchart illustration of
The block diagram of
The foregoing is illustrative of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting thereof. Although a few exemplary embodiments of this invention have been described, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible in the exemplary embodiments without materially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this invention as defined in the claims. In the claims, means-plus-function clauses are intended to cover the structures described herein as performing the recited function and not only structural equivalents but also equivalent structures. Therefore, it is to be understood that the foregoing is illustrative of the present invention and is not to be construed as limited to the specific embodiments disclosed, and that modifications to the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments, are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. The invention is defined by the following claims, with equivalents of the claims to be included therein.
Allen, Barry W., Dowling, Douglas F., Smith, Jr., Jack A.
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