Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible optical circuit, cassettes, and methods
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Application No.: US17195909Application Date: 2021-03-09
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Publication No.: US11573389B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Paul Schneider , Alexander Dorrestein , James Joseph Eberle, Jr.
- Applicant: CommScope Asia Holdings B.V. , CommScope Techologies LLC
- Applicant Address: NL Utrecht; US NC Hickory
- Assignee: CommScope Asia Holdings B.V.,CommScope Techologies LLC
- Current Assignee: CommScope Asia Holdings B.V.,CommScope Techologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: NL Utrecht; US NC Hickory
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: G02B6/44
- IPC: G02B6/44 ; G02B6/38 ; G02B6/36

Abstract:
A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210263252A1 FLEXIBLE OPTICAL CIRCUIT, CASSETTES, AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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