EP1810063A1 - Dispositif repartiteur de fibres optiques - Google Patents

Dispositif repartiteur de fibres optiques

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EP1810063A1
EP1810063A1 EP05798086A EP05798086A EP1810063A1 EP 1810063 A1 EP1810063 A1 EP 1810063A1 EP 05798086 A EP05798086 A EP 05798086A EP 05798086 A EP05798086 A EP 05798086A EP 1810063 A1 EP1810063 A1 EP 1810063A1
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Prior art keywords
optical waveguide
distribution device
couplings
guide elements
optical
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English (en)
Inventor
Rainer Zimmer
Oliver Lapp
Keith SULLIVAN
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Corning Research and Development Corp
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CCS Technology Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/444—Systems or boxes with surplus lengths
    • G02B6/4453—Cassettes

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  • the invention relates to an optical waveguide distribution device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • optical waveguide distribution device serves in particular for the handling of pre-assembled fiber optic cables with plugs, such as e.g. Patchcords or pigtails, wherein there ge showed showed optical waveguide distribution device in a frame or housing drawer-like mounted or stored distribution panel.
  • the distributor field of the distributor device shown there has guide elements for optical waveguides, couplings for optical waveguide connectors, optical waveguide cable intercepts and splice trays for optical waveguides spliced together, the elements listed above, namely the couplings, guide elements, interceptors and shelves, all together executed as Einzel ⁇ parts and bolted to a support member or connected in any other way.
  • the known from the prior art Vermaschinerein ⁇ direction is therefore composed of a variety of items, resulting on the one hand high storage costs for the plurality of Einzele- Ie and on the other hand a high assembly cost.
  • the present invention based on the problem to provide a novel optical waveguide distribution device.
  • This problem is solved by an optical waveguide distribution device having the features of claim 1.
  • the guide elements for the optical waveguides and / or the couplings for the connectors of the optical waveguides and / or the shelves for the splices of optical waveguides spliced together are an integral part of the distributor field.
  • the guide elements, the couplings and the shelves are designed as integral components of the distributor field. Accordingly, the distributor field is produced together with the clutches, guide elements and shelves in one work step. This eliminates storage for items as well as a Montage ⁇ effort, so that the optical waveguide distribution device according to the invention can be produced inexpensively.
  • the guide elements for the optical waveguides and the couplings for the connectors of the optical waveguides and the spacers for the splices of optical waveguides spliced together are preferably an integral part of the divider field.
  • the distributor field together with the guide elements, the couplings and the shelves as a monolithic unit made of plastic, in particular as an injection molded part, etcbil ⁇ det.
  • FIG. 1 shows a light waveguide distribution device according to the invention according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention in a perspective side view
  • FIG. 2 shows the optical waveguide distribution device according to FIG. 1 with the side walls folded down
  • FIG. 1 shows a light waveguide distribution device according to the invention according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention in a perspective side view
  • FIG. 2 shows the optical waveguide distribution device according to FIG. 1 with the side walls folded down
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 shows a detail of the optical waveguide distribution device according to FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows the detail of Figure 3 in a second view.
  • FIG. 5 shows the optical waveguide distributor device according to FIG. 1 together with stored or guided optical waveguides;
  • FIG. 6 shows a detail of the optical waveguide distribution device according to FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 shows an optical waveguide distribution device according to the invention according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention in a perspective side view
  • FIG. 8 shows the optical waveguide distributor device of FIG. 7 in an exploded view
  • FIG. 9 the distributor field of the optical waveguide distributor device according to FIG. 7; FIG.
  • FIG. 10 the distribution panel of Figure 9 with folded down side walls.
  • 11 shows the optical waveguide distribution device according to FIG. 7 together with stored or guided optical waveguides;
  • FIG. 12 shows the optical waveguide distribution device of FIG. 11 in a second view.
  • Fig. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of an optical waveguide distribution device 20 according to the invention, which is designed as a distribution panel.
  • the optical waveguide distributor device or the distributor field 20 has a bottom wall 21 and four side walls 22, 23, 24 and 25, wherein the side wall 22 forms a front wall and the side wall 23 forms a rear wall of the distributor field.
  • the light waveguide distribution device or the distributor field 20 furthermore has guide elements 26 for optical waveguide cables or optical waveguides, couplings 27 for connectors of the optical waveguide cables or optical waveguides, interceptions 28 for optical waveguide cables and shelves 29 for splices of optical waveguides spliced together.
  • the guide elements 26 serve to maintain a permissible, minimum bending radius for the optical waveguides when they are guided within the optical waveguide distributor device or the distributor field 20.
  • the interceptions 28 serve to provide a traction and thus strain relief of the optical waveguide cables when they are introduced into the inventive device Optical waveguide distribution device 20.
  • recesses 34 are introduced into the rear wall.
  • the couplings 27 serve to receive plugs of the optical waveguide cable or the Lichtwellenlei ⁇ ter, wherein the optical waveguides are preferably prefabricated in the form of patch cords or Pig- tails with corresponding plugs.
  • the shelves 29 die ⁇ nen the inclusion of splicing of spliced Lichtwellenlei ⁇ tern.
  • the distributor device or the distributor field 20 of FIGS. 1 to 6 it is proposed to carry out the distributor device or the distributor field 20 of FIGS. 1 to 6 as a monolithic unit, in particular as a plastic injection-molded part.
  • the guide elements 26 for the optical waveguides, the couplings 27 for the connectors thereof, the interceptions 28 for the optical waveguide cables and the spacers 29 for the splices are therefore an integral part of the distributor field.
  • the couplings 27 for the plugs of the optical waveguide cables or optical waveguides are an integral part of the front wall 22 of the distributor field 20.
  • the remaining components, namely the guide elements 26, the interceptions 28 and the shelves 29 are an integral part of the bottom wall 21 of the distributor field 20.
  • the side walls 22, 23, 24 and 25 of the optical waveguide distributor device according to the invention and of the distributor field 20 are connected to the bottom wall 21 via so-called film hinges 30, which can likewise be produced by injection molding.
  • film hinges 30 can likewise be produced by injection molding.
  • 3 and 4 show a section of the distribution panel 20 according to the invention in the region of the rear wall 23 and the side wall 25, wherein the side wall 25 latching lugs 31 are associated, the snap-in 33 after insertion of the same in guides 32 in a corresponding Rastöff-.
  • the side walls can be releasably locked together.
  • the side walls need not be connected by hinges to the bottom wall of the distribution panel. It is also possible to produce the distributor field together with the side walls in a production step, preferably as an injection molded part, then to separate the side walls from the bottom wall, in particular to break them off and then anchor them in corresponding recesses in the bottom wall.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 show the distributor field 20 according to the invention together with an optical waveguide cable 35, wherein the optical waveguide cable 35 is inserted into the distributor field 20 in the region of the opening 34 and attached to an interceptor 28 arranged in the region of the opening 34 for strain relief.
  • the cable sheath is removed from the optical waveguide cable 35, so that optical waveguides sheathed by protective sheaths are guided in the form of sheath cores 36 within the distributor field 20.
  • plugs 37 of prefabricated optical waveguides are plugged into the couplings 27, splices 38 of interconnected optical waveguides are deposited in the region of the shelves 29.
  • optical fibers freed from a protective sheath are identified by the reference numeral 39.
  • the guide elements 26, which serve to supply the optical waveguides pre-assembled with plugs 37 to the couplings 27 and are positioned adjacent to the couplings 27, are designed in such a way that the buffer tubes 36 under this guide can be passed elements 26.
  • these leadership Elements 26 via a curved guide portion 46 which is bounded below by ei ⁇ nem bottom portion 47, wherein between the bottom portion 47 of the guide elements 26 and the bottom wall 21 of the distribution panel 20, a Frei ⁇ space is formed, in which the buffer tubes 36 and the optical fibers can be performed.
  • Adjacent to the front wall 22 of the distributor field 20, the guide elements 26 are connected to the bottom wall 21 of the distributor field 20 by a web-like section 48.
  • the distribution panel 20 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed with all its components as an injection-molded part and therefore as a monolithic unit made of plastic. For assembly, only the side walls have to be folded over and latched into one another. There are no further assembly steps to provide the distribution panel 20 is required. There is no need to screw individual parts together or connect them to each other in any other way.
  • the optical waveguide distribution device 20 according to the invention is therefore inexpensive to produce.
  • FIGS. 7 to 12 show a second exemplary embodiment of an optical waveguide distribution device 40 according to the invention, which is formed by a distributor field 41 and a frame 42.
  • the distributor field 41 is attached to the frame 42 in the manner of a slide, so it can be pulled out of the frame 42 or pushed into it in the direction of the double arrow 43.
  • the distributor field 41 of the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 7 to 12 essentially corresponds to the distributor field 20 of the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 6.
  • the same reference numbers are used for the same components and it is possible to refer to the embodiments of the exemplary embodiment Figs. 1 to 6 are referenced.
  • the distributor field 41 according to FIGS. 7 to 12 differs from the distributor field 20 of FIGS. 1 to 6 only in that the distributor field 41 of FIGS. 7 to 12 has no rear wall and furthermore via guide pins 44, which are in the Region of the side walls 24 and 25 are arranged in slots-like Ausneh ⁇ rules 45 of the frame 42 is guided. Furthermore, the distributor field 41 of the embodiment according to FIGS. 7 to 12 has no interceptions 28. Rather, the tension intercept for the optical waveguide cables is integrated in the frame 42. 11 and 12 show the second embodiment of the inventive optical waveguide distribution device 40 together with an optical waveguide cable 35, wherein, as can be seen in particular Fig. 11, the buffer tubes 36 also below the bottom wall 21 of the distributor field 41 and therefore in an area between the Distribution panel 41 and the frame 42 can be performed.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif répartiteur de fibres optiques, en particulier pour des fibres optiques pré-équipées de fiches, telles que des cordons de connexion ou des fibres amorces, lequel dispositif est composé d'un panneau de répartition (20) présentant des éléments de guidage (26) pour des fibres optiques, des raccords (27) pour les fiches (37) des fibres optiques et des éléments de réception (29) pour des épissures (38) de fibres optiques épissées. Selon la présente invention, les éléments de guidage (26) pour les fibres optiques et/ou les raccords (27) pour les fiches (37) des fibres optiques et/ou les éléments de réception (29) pour les épissures (38) font partie intégrante du panneau de répartition (20).
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DE200420017493 DE202004017493U1 (de) 2004-11-11 2004-11-11 Lichtwellenleiterverteilereinrichtung
PCT/EP2005/010171 WO2006053603A1 (fr) 2004-11-11 2005-09-21 Dispositif repartiteur de fibres optiques

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