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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent

(10) Patent Number: US RE42,258 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: Mar. 29, 2011

Thompson et a1. (54)

OUTSIDE PLANT FIBER DISTRIBUTION

4,652,072 A 4,669,802 A 4,717,231 A

APPARATUS AND METHOD

4,785,376 A

(75) Inventors: Patrick Thompson, Roseville, MN (US); Brian L. Johnson, Maple Grove, MN (US); Anthony L. Tischler,

4,805,979 A

3/1987 Arasi, Jr. 6/1987 Schaffer 1/1988 DeWeZ et al.

11/1988 Dively 2/1989 Bossard et al.

(Continued)

Hastings, MN (US)

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

(73) Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (U S)

DE

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Jul. 11, 2008 ADC Telecommunications, Fiber Pedestal Termination Box Installation Instructions, ADCP*93%)74, pp. 1414 Issue 4

(Under 37 CFR 1.47)

(Mar. 1999).

Related US. Patent Documents

(Continued)

Reissue of:

(64) Patent No.:

6,363,200 Mar. 26, 2002

Primary ExamineriMichelle R Connelly CushWa

Appl. No.:

09/689,989

(74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiMerchant & Gould RC.

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2000

(57)

Issued:

US. Applications: (60)

9/1969

(Continued)

(21) App1.No.: 12/218,240 (22) Filed:

1 430 906

Continuation of application No. 11/397,885, ?led on Apr. 4, 2006, which is a division of application No. 09/122,947, ?led on Jul. 27, 1998, now Pat. No. 6,160,946.

(51) Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 G02B 6/46 H05K 7/00

(2006.01) (2006.01) (2006.01)

An outside plant ?ber distribution apparatus includes a frame member and a plurality of ?ber optic modules mounted to the frame member. The frame member includes upper and loWer module mounting brackets. Each module includes a front and tWo mounting ?anges, each mountable to one of the upper and loWer module mounting brackets. At least one of the modules is con?gured as a connection mod

ule including a plurality of connection locations disposed

(52)

US. Cl. ...................... .. 385/135; 385/136; 361/728;

(58)

Field of Classi?cation Search ................. .. 385/135

174/50

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along the front of the module. A rear of the module includes a cable notch region for receipt of a cable. At least one of the modules de?nes a storage module including ?rst and second

spools. In an interconnect system, the storage module includes a cable clamp for holding a second cable, the cables

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are connected through the connection locations of the con nection module. In a cross-connect system, tWo connection modules are provided, and patch cords are used to connect

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

the fronts of the connection modules. The modules may also

A A A A

Wave division multiplexers.

(56)

2,853,775 3,348,642 4,213,018 4,273,413

ABSTRACT

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house splices, and/or optical couplers, such as splitters and

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Williams Vi gliaturo

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Cloud Daoud Smith et al. Daoud

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Swain Nikolaevich

Thompson et al. Hafer Glaser et al. PuetZ et al.

Laporte et al. Solheid et al. Smith et al.

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1997). ADC Telecommunications, Fiber Storage Panel Rack Mount

User Manual, ADCP*9(%l44, Issue 2, pp. 1420 (May 1997).

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Apr. 29, 2009, 7 pages.

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pages (Jul. 1998).

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