BELDEN CANADA ULC

There is disclosed an optic fiber cassette, comprising a housing, at least one cable spool, at least one retainer. The housing comprises a cable retaining surface, each of the at least one cable spool extends above the cable retaining surface, each of the at least one retainer is secured to an outer free end of a respective one of the at least one cable spool and each of the at least one retainer comprises a pair of fingers extending outwards from the central portion in order to prevent optic fibers held within the cassette from being dislodged from the cable retaining surface.

A duplex fiber optic connector may include a cable holding portion with a first cable holding portion that holds a first fiber optic cable and a second cable holding portion that holds a second fiber optic cable. The first cable holding portion may provide a first coupling portion while the second cable holding portion provides a second coupling portion. The first cable holding portion and the second cable holding portion may provide a third coupling portion. The first coupling portion, second coupling portion, and third coupling portion may respectively slidingly receive an identifier retaining portion in different orientations such that the first, second, and third coupling portions permit selective attachment of the identifier retaining portion in the first orientation, the second orientation, or the third orientation so as to enhance fiber identification and cable management.

A strain relief assembly comprising a support portion including a base portion, a first portion coupled with the base portion, and a second portion extending away from an end of the first portion, a strain relief portion attached to a free end of the second portion for rotation about an axis, a securing portion that moves relative to the strain relief portion between a secured position and a released position. The strain relief portion comprises a cable receiving portion arranged along the axis. The securing portion disables rotation of the strain relief member about the axis when in the secured position and enables rotation of the strain relief member about the axis when in the released position. The strain relief portion rotates about the axis between a first angled orientation and a second angled orientation through a horizontal orientation so as to enhance management of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications.

An assembly configured to receive twisted pairs of conductors terminated by a miniplug and a pair of conductor contacts. The assembly comprises a housing comprising a first surface comprising a socket disposed therein; wherein the socket is configured to accept a plurality of miniplugs, illustratively in a 2×2 configuration, wherein pairs of socket contacts are exposed along at least one side wall of the socket and wherein the socket contacts are configured to be aligned with the conductor contacts such that each of the conductor contacts is in contact with a respective one of the socket contacts. A caddy is also provided which allows the miniplugs to be arranged in a 2×2 arrangement for subsequent insertion into a socket or the like.

A cable spool structurally configured for attaching to a surface such as a networking equipment and to support a plurality of fiber optic cables so as to enhance management of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications disclosed. The cable spool comprises an attachment portion and a spool portion. An inner end of the attachment portion is structurally configured to be fixed to the surface. An outer end of the attachment portion is structurally configured to be free standing. The spool portion is moveable relative to the attachment portion between a first position and a second position.

A reversible fiber optic cassette for mounting in a rack comprising a cassette receiving tray, the tray comprising a plurality of cassette engaging features is disclosed. The cassette comprises a cassette body comprising optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front of thereof, a multifiber receptacle along a back thereof and a plurality of optic fiber segments each between a respective one of the optic fiber receptacles and the multifiber receptacle, and a securing component comprising a main part comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a cassette engaging part extending from the first surface for engaging with the cassette body, a tray engaging feature extending from the second surface and engageable with one of the cassette engaging features. The reversible securing component is secureable on either side of the cassette body using the cassette engaging feature.

An assembly configured to receive twisted pairs of conductors terminated by a miniplug and a pair of conductor contacts. The assembly comprises a housing comprising a first surface comprising a socket disposed therein; wherein the socket is configured to accept a plurality of miniplugs, illustratively in a 2×2 configuration, wherein pairs of socket contacts are exposed along at least one side wall of the socket and wherein the socket contacts are configured to be aligned with the conductor contacts such that each of the conductor contacts is in contact with a respective one of the socket contacts. A caddy is also provided which allows the miniplugs to be arranged in a 2×2 arrangement for subsequent insertion into a socket or the like.

A fiber optic cassette may be configured to receive a multifiber connector that may provide network redundancy and increased fiber density. The fiber optic cassette may have an electronic component and a fiber optic adapter portion having a port portion configured to receive a very small form factor (VSFF) connector. The port portion of the fiber optic adapter may optically couple two fibers of the VSFF connector with two optical fibers. The electronic component may optically couple the two optical fibers with a single optical fiber. The electronic component may alternatively merge optical signals from the two optical fibers to the single optical fiber or split an optical signal from the single optical fiber to the two optical fibers so as to provide network redundancy of electronic components optically coupled in parallel to the port by the VSSF connector and/or to increase fiber density of the cassette.

A fiber cable manager may have a body portion that may couple a tray portion with a rack portion of a fiber optic patch panel. The body portion may have a cable retaining portion that may retain a cable portion such that the cable portion extends through the body portion. The body portion may have a surface portion that extends in the longitudinal direction and may have a cable receiving portion that may be urged in a direction transverse direction, from a rest position to a deformed position. The body portion may maintain the cable receiving portion in the rest position in response to a longitudinal force being applied to the body portion such that the body portion may move relative to the rack portion with the cable receiving portion in the rest position so as to enhance operation of a tray portion in a fiber optic patch panel.

A fiber optic cassette may include a cassette portion comprising a plurality of optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front thereof and a multifiber receptacle along a back thereof opposite the first end, the front and back defining a cable assembly receiving region there between, and a plurality of optic fibers. Each of the optic fibers may be terminated at a first end by one of the receptacles and all of the plurality of optic fibers terminated at a second end the multifiber receptacle. In an embodiment, a casing may be molded over a middle portion of each of the plurality of optic fibers and received within the cable assembly receiving region. In a particular embodiment, the cassette may be reversible and may comprise a reversible securing portion that is configured to be secured on either side of the cassette portion.