A wall mount enclosure designed to manage and organize fiber distribution. The wall mount enclosure includes a top, a bottom, a back, a front, and two sides. Linear guides are secured to the sides and a sliding splice tray holder assembly is attached to the linear guides. The splice tray holder assembly includes a splice tray holder and a plurality of splice trays secured to the splice tray holder. The splice tray holder includes sides with tabs extending from the splice tray holder. The tabs are positioned within the linear guides enabling the splice tray holder assembly to slide out of the wall mount enclosure to provide access to the splice trays installed on the splice tray holder.
An object label applicator is provided for the accurate labeling of labels onto objects within a wrapping mechanism of the object label applicator. The object label applicator includes a media feed control solution for detecting whether a label has successfully detached from its lining, and if it is detected that the label has not detached from the lining, a remedial measure is implemented to increase the likelihood of detachment in a subsequent run.
A system for connecting a fusion splice connector to an optical fiber has a fiber optic fiber, a fusion splice connector wherein a cable-to-cable splice is fully enclosed within a connector housing, and a connector holder. The connector holder has a connector base with a front support pad configured to provide support to a first portion of the ferrule holder and a rear support rib configured to provide support to the ferrule holder at a point distal from the first portion.
A high voltage cable cleat supports cables on a surface. The high voltage cable cleat includes a roller with a main body, a first end, and a second end. A roller axle is positioned within the roller. The roller axle extends beyond the first end and the second end of the roller. A roller mount receives the roller axle and supports the roller thereon. Lower clamps are rotatably mounted onto the roller axle. Upper clamps are secured to the lower clamps over the cables positioned thereon to form the high voltage cable cleat.
H02G 3/32 - Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings using mounting clamps
H02G 1/06 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
A connector module is disclosed having physical dimensions for being installed into standardized, or pre-existing, structures such as a patch panel including pre-populated slot openings. The connector module provides simple field termination for different sized single pair cables using screw-down/cage-clamp for the bare single pair of conductors emerging from a centralized power equipment to be a pluggable mating connector terminating the field wires.
A high voltage cable cleat that facilitates cable installation and secures cable configurations. The high voltage cable cleat includes a bottom cleat and a top cleat. The bottom cleat has an outer surface, a first end, a second end, and an inner surface. The inner surface has a cable support area with a plurality of pockets. Each pocket houses a ball transfer with a ball extending above the cable support area of the inner surface to guide cables positioned on the bottom cleat. The top cleat has an outer surface, a first end, a second end, and an inner surface. The top cleat is installed over the bottom cleat and secured to the bottom cleat by fasteners.
H02G 3/04 - Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
F16B 2/04 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening internal, i.e. with spreading action
F16B 2/16 - Clamps, i.e. with gripping action effected by positive means other than the inherent resistance to deformation of the material of the fastening using rollers or balls
F16L 3/10 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing
A high voltage cable cleat secures cables in a cable management system. The high voltage cable cleat includes a bottom cleat, a cable cam, and a top cleat. The bottom cleat supports the cable in the cable management system. The bottom cleat has a base with a front, a back, a first end, a second end, a top, a bottom, and a center open area. The cable cam is positioned within the base and is rotatably housed in the center open area of the base. The top cleat is secured to the bottom cleat to secure the cables positioned on the bottom cleat.
A system for management of telecommunication or data center infrastructure including multiple components may include a scanner to scan a unique identifier attached to a component of the infrastructure, and a mobile device which may include a processor, a data storage medium storing machine readable instructions, a communication unit, and a user interface including a display. The mobile computing device may execute the machine readable instructions to (i) receive, from the scanner, a component identifier associated with the component obtained via a scan of the unique identifier attached to the component, (ii) associate the component identifier with a location of the component in the infrastructure, (iii) display, on the user interface, the component identifier associated with the location of the component, and (iv) export, via the communication unit, the location of the component to a management solution for use in management of the component in the infrastructure.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
9.
Hybrid Fiber and Electrical Connector with Conductive Latching and Protector
A hybrid optical and electrical connector assembly is disclosed for utilizing electrically conductive parts to enable transmission via both fiber and electrical/power signals. The hybrid optical and electrical connector assembly solution disclosed herein may utilize form factors borrowed from existing optical connectors and adapters, which provides the benefits of a low cost, simple field termination, and reliable optical communications with the added benefit of including metallic conductors for remote electrical powering.
A mounting bracket for use in a fiber optic access pedestal has a top flange, a bottom flange, and a pair of slide flanges configured to retain a looped cable within the with a bend radius that is not detrimental to cable performance.
F16M 13/02 - Other supports for positioning apparatus or articlesMeans for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
G02B 6/44 - Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
A hybrid fiber optic connector and adapter assembly is provided as a solution for providing proper polarity when connecting hybrid cables that include both optical fiber and electrical wire together using connector and adapter assemblies.
A hybrid fiber optic connector and adapter assembly is provided as a solution for providing proper polarity when connecting hybrid cables that include both optical fiber and electrical wire together using connector and adapter assemblies.
A hybrid fiber optic connector and adapter assembly is provided as a solution for providing both optical fiber and electrical wire together to transmit both data and power delivery within the same form factor as existing connector and adapter assemblies.
A system, device, and method for implementing secure control over audio visual (AV) equipment connected to an AV gateway is disclosed. The solution implements secure and remote control over audio visual (AV) equipment included in an AV network by enabling a web browser running on a user device to utilize a web proxy shuttle to communicate control commands to an AV gateway that controls the AV equipment.
H04L 67/025 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
A data center cabinet having a plurality of front to back members, a first manifold and a second manifold. The first manifold is secured to at least one of the plurality of front to back members on a first side of the cabinet. The second manifold is secured to at least one of the plurality of front to back members on a second side of the cabinet. The first manifold and the second manifold provide liquid to be distributed to and from equipment installed in the cabinet.
A data center cabinet having a plurality of front to back members, a first manifold and a second manifold. The first manifold is secured to at least one of the plurality of front to back members on a first side of the cabinet. The second manifold is secured to at least one of the plurality of front to back members on a second side of the cabinet. The first manifold and the second manifold provide liquid to be distributed to and from equipment installed in the cabinet.
An insulation piercing connector for a solar system install is provided that is installed easily and provides multiple connections, using industry standard connectors, and protects the internal components from the elements such as water infiltration and UV exposure.
H01R 4/2408 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having teeth, prongs, pins or needles penetrating the insulation actuated by clamping screws
A high voltage AC power fault managed power system is provided that includes accurate fault detection. The high voltage AC power fault managed power system includes a transmitter device and a receiver device that are coupled via a transmission line. The transmitter device and the receiver device obtain status information by monitoring a voltage or current on the transmission line, and share the detected status information with each other. High voltage power may continue to be transmitted through the transmission line when safety conditions are met based on the communication of status information between the transmitter device and the receiver device.
H02J 3/00 - Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the networkCircuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
A locking cleat is designed to secure at least one cable. The locking cleat includes a housing, a strap, a threaded screw, and a nut. The housing has a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and sides. The housing has a lower aperture and an upper aperture defined by the top, the bottom, the front, the back, and the sides. The strap is positioned within the lower aperture of the housing. The nut is positioned within the upper aperture of the housing. The threaded screw is secured to the nut in the upper aperture of the housing.
F16G 11/06 - Means for fastening cables or ropes to one another or to other objectsCaps or sleeves for fixing on cables or ropes with laterally-arranged screws
A high voltage AC power fault managed power system (100) is provided that includes accurate fault detection. The high voltage AC power fault managed power system (100) includes a transmitter device (1) and a receiver device (2) that are coupled via a transmission line (3). The transmitter device (1) and the receiver device (2) obtain status information by monitoring a voltage (8) or current (9) on the transmission line (3), and share the detected status information with each other. High voltage power may continue to be transmitted through the transmission line (3) when safety conditions are met based on the communication of status information between the transmitter device (1) and the receiver device (2).
H02H 1/00 - Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
H02H 5/12 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal non-electric working conditions with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to undesired approach to, or touching of, live parts by living beings
H02H 11/00 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for preventing the switching-on in case an undesired electric working condition might result
H02H 3/00 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection
H02H 3/08 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to excess current
H02H 3/20 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to excess voltage
A hybrid connector assembly system for providing data communications via both fiber and copper wires while utilizing a compact form factor is provided.
An application-specified adapter-aligned enclosure to be placed in a server cabinet has a hole in at least one of a top or bottom of the enclosure. A plurality of fiber optic connectors are distributed on a front face of the enclosure such that the connectors are arranged in a plurality of groups which are vertically arranged in a specific manner related to at least one of a rack unit of a cabinet or an equipment port interval.
A hybrid connector assembly system for providing data communications via both fiber and copper wires while utilizing a compact form factor is provided. The hybrid connector assembly system including a hybrid adapter and two hybrid connectors for respectively installing into opposite ends of the hybrid adapter.
A high voltage pulse power delivery system is provided that includes dedicated safety features including fault detection and fault management. Alongside normal communications cabling, the pulse power delivery system provides remote power over standard multi-conductor cabling without dedicated conduit or separation. This simplifies installation of equipment, increases overall speed of deployment, and significantly reduces cost for deployment. The pulse power delivery system is further configured to transport power through a pulse current waveform.
H03K 3/01 - Circuits for generating electric pulsesMonostable, bistable or multistable circuits Details
H02H 1/00 - Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the networkCircuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
An optical distribution and splice frame system includes rack(s), enclosure(s), cable management component(s), and/or cassette(s) that have features to allow for different cable management configurations not yet available in the market. A fiber optic cassette and enclosure are designed to enable flexibility in cable management configurations for the overall system.
A patch panel mountable to a network rack includes a frame and a face plate. The frame defines a set of fastening slots and a plurality of first ports. The face plate defines a plurality of second ports and has a set of fastening tabs. The plurality of second ports of the face plate align with the plurality of first ports of the frame forming a plurality of port modules to receive and support a plurality of cable connectors. The set of tabs are engageable with the set of fastening slots.
A segmented bend restrictor system and method for installing such a segmented bend restrictor system that is configured to be disassembled at discrete locations to minimize unnecessary disassembly. The disclosed segmented bend restrictor system offers a more efficient disassembly operation, while also providing an easy and efficient installation operation.
H02G 15/007 - Devices for relieving mechanical stress
H02G 9/02 - Installations of electric cables or lines in or on the ground or water laid directly in or on the ground, river-bed or sea-bottomCoverings therefor, e.g. tile
A locking cleat designed to secure at least one cable. The locking cleat includes a housing, a strap, a threaded screw, and a nut. The housing has a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and sides. The housing has a lower aperture and an upper aperture defined by the top, the bottom, the front, the back, and the sides. The strap is positioned within the lower aperture of the housing. The nut is positioned within the upper aperture of the housing. The threaded screw is secured to the nut in the upper aperture of the housing.
F16G 11/06 - Means for fastening cables or ropes to one another or to other objectsCaps or sleeves for fixing on cables or ropes with laterally-arranged screws
31.
Load Power Control System Using Fault Managed Power and Single Pair Ethernet
An enhanced lighting control system is provided that utilizes updated communications technology to provide a cost and resource efficient lighting control system that allows for a retrofit installation into existing lighting systems. The lighting control system utilizes single pair ethernet connection protocols, as well as a pulsed power source, to enable the efficiencies.
An optical fabric includes a plurality of optical waveguides. The fabric has Np input ports with index, X, and Np output ports with index, Y. An interconnection map between input ports, index X, and output ports, index Y is provided by a non-linear function Y=F(X) that satisfies reversible properties given by, F(Y)=X or, X=F(F(X)) or F−1(X)=F(X). The fabric provides full connectivity from any group of M1 adjacent input ports to any group of M2 adjacent output ports where at least one number, M1 or M2 is an even number, and wherein M1×M2=Np.
Panduit Communication Components (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
Inventor
Zhang, Shigui
Abstract
A swivel spacer comprises a first component and a second component rotatably connected with respect to each other. Wherein, the first component comprises thereon two first central anchors with a first central contact surface formed therebetween, a first left anchor provided on the left side of the first component with a first left contact surface formed between one of the first central anchors on the left side and the first left anchor, and a first right anchor provided on the right side of the first component with a first right contact surface formed between one of the first central anchors on the right side and the first right anchor. The second component can include a structure similar to that of the first component, the swivel spacer with such structure can be adapted to elongated members, such as wires, wire bundles, tubes and the like, with various sizes.
F16L 3/137 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and consisting of a flexible band
F16L 3/08 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
F16L 3/237 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals for two pipes
A fiber management system includes a tray and a plurality of cassettes. The tray includes a set of rails and a tray body that is slidable along the set of rails. The tray body has a longitudinal portion extending in parallel with the set of rails and a lateral portion extending with an opening that provides access to the tray. Each of the cassettes has a plurality of ports at a first side of the cassette to support fiber optic connectors, and the plurality of cassettes are arranged on the tray with the first sides facing at least a portion of the longitudinal portion.
A fiber management system includes a tray and a plurality of cassettes. The tray includes a set of rails and a tray body that is slidable along the set of rails. The tray body has a longitudinal portion extending in parallel with the set of rails and a lateral portion extending with an opening that provides access to the tray. Each of the cassettes has a plurality of ports at a first side of the cassette to support fiber optic connectors, and the plurality of cassettes are arranged on the tray with the first sides facing at least a portion of the longitudinal portion.
A mount assembly designed to secure cables to a vehicle frame. The mount assembly includes a base and a mount component based on the base. The base has a securement flange and a mating flange with a latch window. The mount component has an attachment member and a cable receiving member. The attachment member has a latch arm with a latch extending therefrom. The latch engages the latch window of the mating flange to secure the mount component to the base.
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
H02G 3/30 - Installations of cables or lines on walls, floors or ceilings
37.
APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OPTICAL NETWORKS
An apparatus having input and output ports using a plurality of optical connector adapters, wherein the fiber connections can follow a specific mesh pattern has a plurality of fibers inside the apparatus. The fibers pass through at least one mandrel and are designed to produce a leakage in the transmitted light from each fiber of least −30 dBm, wherein the fiber buffer of fibers around the mandrel are partially stripped in at least one section. The apparatus also has an imaging system consisting of at least a lens, camera sensor and an optical filter are placed in proximity to the fiber striped section wherein the optical filter has spectral properties tuned or partially tuned to the operational wavelength of the network and the optical filter is placed in the light path before the camera sensor.
An assembly used to hang cable on a solar panel frame is disclosed. The assembly includes a wire hanger and a universal mount. The wire hanger has a first end with a hook, a main member, and a second end with a hook. The universal mount supports the wire hanger. The universal mount includes a first side that engages a mounting hole in the solar panel frame to connect the universal mount to the solar panel frame. The universal mount includes a second side that receives the wire hanger enabling the wire hanger and cable positioned therein to hang from the solar panel frame.
H02S 40/36 - Electrical components characterised by special electrical interconnection means between two or more PV modules, e.g. electrical module-to-module connection
A cassette adapter for the installation of a cassette in a patch panel of a data rack including a base configured to accept the cassette, a front frame connected to a distal end of the base, at least one latch connected to the base, and a mounting portion configured to mount the cassette adapter to the panel. The cassette adapter being configured to retain the cassette within the cassette adapter and connect the cassette to the patch panel in a removable fashion.
A cable management system includes multiple cables, each having a unique identifier associated therewith and each including first and second barcodes including the unique identifier, the first barcode located proximate a first end of the cable, the second barcode located proximate a second end of the cable. The system also includes a barcode scanner to scan barcodes of the cables, the barcode scanner includes a clip to receive one of the cables. The system also includes a mobile computing device having a processor, data storage medium, communication unit, and user interface including a display. The mobile computing device is configured to receive via the user interface first end location information for a first cable, receive from the barcode scanner the first barcode of the first cable, and save and display the first end location information in association with the unique identifier of the first cable included in the first barcode.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
H01B 7/36 - Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form with distinguishing or length marks
A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.
A low-latency free-space optical data communication channel with automatic alignment function has an optical channel, collimators, high reflective screens, and cameras. The optical channel can have two optical lenses designed to facilitate the transmission of an optical signal. The collimators can be integrated with optical fibers and precisely positioned at a focal point of the two optical lenses. Reflective screens, films or tapes encircle both transmitting and receiving lenses. Cameras at each transmitting and receiving terminal are positioned to monitor the optical signal's impact on a lens surface or a high-reflective screen on the opposite side. The cameras use at least one lens to get focused image on a camera sensor and records the optical beam spot impacting the opposite side. Corresponding LED(s) aligned with the lens position on the opposite side allow the computation of the disparity between the optical signal and the lens positioned on the opposite side.
H01R 4/2408 - Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having teeth, prongs, pins or needles penetrating the insulation actuated by clamping screws
A cleat binder is used to secure cables for short circuit protection. The cleat binder includes a yoke, a slotted hex head bolt, a nut, and a strap. The slotted hex head bolt has a head and a slot extending through the bolt. The yoke includes a bottom with a front, a back, a first side, and a second side. Side walls extend from the first and second side of the bottom of the yoke. The slotted hex head bolt extends through openings in the side walls of the yoke. The nut secures the slotted hex head bolt on the yoke. The strap is fed through the slot of the slotted hex head bolt, wrapped around cables, and tensioned to secure the cleat binder to the cables.
F16L 3/137 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing and consisting of a flexible band
F16L 3/12 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
45.
COMMUNICATION CABLES WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL LANES
A hybrid cable designed for providing data communications via both optical fiber and copper wires is provided. The hybrid cable includes internal features for designing a location of the optical fiber and the copper wires relative to each other to optimize cabling characteristics of the hybrid cable.
A hybrid cable designed for providing data communications via both optical fiber and copper wires is provided. The hybrid cable includes internal features for designing a location of the optical fiber and the copper wires relative to each other to optimize cabling characteristics of the hybrid cable.
A communications cable has coated conductor wires separated by a wire separator with at least one hole in the cross section to form a twisted pair configured to maintain a distance of approximately 0.375 mm between the conductors and a characteristic impedance of approximately 100 ohms. The coating on the conductors may be an enamel or other appropriately thin insulating material.
A cable bundle hanger secures cables routed to solar panels. The cable bundle hanger includes an attachment section and a lower section. The attachment section engages a solar panel frame to secure the cable bundle hanger. The attachment section includes an attachment member and a pivot joint ring. The lower section is pivotally secured to the attachment section. The lower section has a swaged top member. The swaged top member pivots within the pivot joint ring thereby enabling the lower section to pivot with respect to the attachment section.
H02S 40/36 - Electrical components characterised by special electrical interconnection means between two or more PV modules, e.g. electrical module-to-module connection
A cable bundle hanger secures cables routed to solar panels. The cable bundle hanger includes an attachment section and a lower section. The attachment section engages a solar panel frame to secure the cable bundle hanger. The attachment section includes an attachment member and a pivot joint ring. The lower section is pivotally secured to the attachment section. The lower section has a swaged top member. The swaged top member pivots within the pivot joint ring thereby enabling the lower section to pivot with respect to the attachment section.
F16L 3/12 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing comprising a member substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
A multiport passive photonic light circuit chip has multiple waveguides written in at least two layers on a glass substrate. Some waveguides connect transmitting and receiving ports of an optical channel, some waveguides redirect a fraction of optical signals to some other receiving ports, and waveguides have circular cross-sectional shapes wherein a refractive index contrast is in the range of 0.2% to 2%.
G02B 6/12 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
G02B 6/42 - Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
A metal locking cleat secures cable bundles while withstanding impulse forces and short circuit events. The metal locking cleat has a housing, a tie body, and a metal locking head. The housing has a top, a bottom, sides, a front, a back, an upper level, and a lower level. The tie body is positioned in the lower level of the housing and the metal locking head is positioned in the upper level of the housing. The tie body wraps around a cable bundle, through the lower level of the housing for multiple loops, through the upper level of the housing, and through the metal locking head to secure the metal locking cleat.
B65D 63/08 - Joints using buckles, wedges, or like locking members attached to the ends of the elements
B65D 63/16 - Joints using buckles, wedges, or like locking members attached to the end of the element
F16L 3/233 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other by means of a flexible band
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Self-Laminating Rotating Cable Marker with Breakaway Portion
A self-laminating rotating cable marker label is constructed of a transparent film having a first adhesive area, an adhesive-free smooth area, and a second adhesive area. A print-on area forms one side of the transparent film, the print-on area adapted to receive indicia identifying the cable about which the marker label is applied. A perforation extends across the transparent film providing a line of separation of the transparent film. When wrapped around a cable, the second adhesive area overlies the print-on area such that the cable identifying indicia is visible through the transparent second adhesive area. As the transparent film is wrapped around the cable, the first adhesive area adheres to the cable. The remainder of the transparent film is rotated, breaking the perforation, whereby the smooth area of the film in contact with the cable provides smooth rotation of the label around the cable.
A solution is disclosed for providing fault-managed power systems using hybrid connectivity that includes both conductive and optical elements. The fault-managed power systems are able to provide safe and efficient power delivery utilizing optical fiber links to improve signal integrity, security, and reach of the system.
H04B 10/80 - Optical aspects relating to the use of optical transmission for specific applications, not provided for in groups , e.g. optical power feeding or optical transmission through water
H02H 1/00 - Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the networkCircuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
A solution is disclosed for providing fault-managed power systems using optical elements. The fault-managed power systems are able to provide safe and efficient power delivery utilizing optical fiber links to improve signal integrity, security, and reach of the system.
H02J 13/00 - Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the networkCircuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
G01R 31/52 - Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults
H02H 3/28 - Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to difference between voltages or between currentsEmergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition, with or without subsequent reconnection responsive to phase angle between voltages or between currents involving comparison of the voltage or current values at two spaced portions of a single system, e.g. at opposite ends of one line, at input and output of apparatus
55.
METHOD OF DETECTING A FAULT IN A PULSED POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
A method of detecting a fault in a power distribution system includes placing a signal on the system at a frequency F1 and then detecting a change in the signal due to a change in the impedance of the system as a result of a fault wherein the change is one of a change in phase, a change in signal tone, or a change in voltage level at the load. In one embodiment, band reject filters can be used to diminish the signal at the load or source. In another embodiment, the power source can be a periodic pulsed power source and the signal can be placed on the system during an idle phase of the periodic pulsed power.
A cable management system includes a cable bundling system for tracking a plurality of cables included in a cable bundle. The cable bundling system includes a pair of cable bundlers, including a first cable bundler for installing a first end of a cable, and a second cable bundler for installing a second end of the cable.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
H01B 7/36 - Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form with distinguishing or length marks
An RJ45 plug assembly has a housing and a communications cable to be inserted within. The communications cable has a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors. The housing has a plurality of sloped surfaces such that when conductors of the communications cable are straightened and aligned prior to insertion into the housing, the sloped surfaces route a first pair of conductors to a top of the housing and a second pair of conductors to a bottom of the housing.
An RJ45 plug assembly has a housing and a communications cable to be inserted within. The communications cable has a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors. The housing has a plurality of sloped surfaces such that when conductors of the communications cable are straightened and aligned prior to insertion into the housing, the sloped surfaces route a first pair of conductors to a top of the housing and a second pair of conductors to a bottom of the housing.
An electrical coupler has first and second housing halves and first and second contacts retained within the first and second housing halves. Wherein the first housing half is identical to the second housing half and the first contact is identical to the second contact.
This disclosure is related to a speaker assembly having a design configured to output the higher performance of a larger speaker, while maintaining the dimensions (e.g., speaker opening) of a traditional small speaker. The speaker assembly includes a plurality of low frequency drivers transversely installed to each other and arranged orthogonal to a separate high frequency driver.
H04R 1/24 - Structural combinations of separate transducers or of parts of the same transducer and responsive respectively to two or more frequency ranges
H04R 1/28 - Transducer mountings or enclosures designed for specific frequency responseTransducer enclosures modified by provision of mechanical or acoustic impedances, e.g. resonator, damping means
In accordance with the following description, an optical communication connector includes a ferrule having retractable alignment pins that are actuable between an extended position and a retracted position. For example, the connector may include an inner housing assembly having optical fibers and an outer housing positioned over the inner housing assembly. The outer housing is shaped to be removable from the inner housing assembly, which has a movable pin clamp mechanically coupled to alignment pins for aligning the connector with another connector. The pin clamp may be slid from a first position (corresponding to a male gender) to a second position (corresponding to a female gender). Separately or in combination with changing gender, the polarity of a communication connector may be changed due to its inclusion of an asymmetric polarity-changing feature that is actuable by an installer to change a polarity of the communication connector. Such a feature may be actuated by being moved from a first position to a second position relative to the communication connector.
A patch cord for transmitting between a single mode fiber (SMF) and a multi-mode fiber (MMFs) has a MMF, SMF, and a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a hollow core placed between the SMF and MMF. A mode field diameter (MFD) of the PCF hollow core section is in the range of 16 to 19 microns, the length of the PCF is between 1 cm to 10 cm, the MMF has 50±2 microns core diameter, the SMF has a 6-9 microns core diameter, and the coupling between the PCF mode to the MMF fundamental mode is maximized.
A fiber module is disclosed with an improved design that creates at least two work areas for managing fiber within the module body by including a work area floor that partitions the interior of the module to define at least two work areas. Each of the work areas includes their own fiber management equipment, as well as fiber routing elements for managing a length of slack fiber within each of the work areas. By segmenting the interior of the module into the multiple work spaces, the module described herein is more efficient when managing larger numbers of fibers.
Cable foil tape having random or pseudo-random patterns or long pattern lengths of discontinuous metallic shapes and a method for manufacturing such patterned foil tape are provided. In some embodiments, a laser ablation system is used to selectively remove regions or paths in a metallic layer of a foil tape to produce random distributions of randomized shapes, or pseudo-random patterns or long pattern lengths of discontinuous shapes in the metal layer. In some embodiments, the foil tape is double-sided, having a metallic layer on each side of the foil tape, and the laser ablation system is capable of ablating nonconductive pathways into the metallic layer on both sides of the foil tape.
H05K 3/02 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits in which the conductive material is applied to the surface of the insulating support and is thereafter removed from such areas of the surface which are not intended for current conducting or shielding
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Metal cabinets and enclosures adapted to hold electrical cables, including accessories relating to the foregoing; Metal cabinets specially adapted to protect telecommunications equipment in the nature of fiber optic cables; Horizontal and vertical cable management panels; Electrical transmission connectors, patch cords, and cables; Wall plates for electrical components and connections; Communication cabling devices, namely, modular cable termination jacks, modular cable termination plugs, cable jack faceplates, bezels in the nature of protecting cables routed into cabinets and enclosures, surface mount cable management boxes, and patch panels for housing electrical connectors or fiber connectors; Electrical adapters; Downloadable computer software for data center infrastructure management; Computer hardware for data center infrastructure management; Power distribution units, including hardware and accessories for the foregoing; Uninterruptible power supply units, including hardware and accessories for the foregoing; Hardware for intelligent patching; Downloadable computer software for intelligent patching; Power distribution apparatus for use in electrical systems; Power supply units; Power transmitters; Power receivers; Busbars in the nature of power distribution units for providing electric connections; Hardware for grounding and bonding; Identification marking devices for electric cables; Downloadable computer software for creating labels; Downloadable computer software for voltage safety monitoring; Cable splices for electric cables; Surface raceway kits comprised primarily of electrical raceways and mounting devices of non-metallic hardware; Fittings for cabling and communications equipment, namely, couplers for joining two electrical raceway sections, inside corner, right angle, drop ceiling/entrance end, right angle entrance end, outside corner, tee, end cap, reducer or transition, entrance end and flexible, junction boxes, namely, electrical and communication, molded covers, namely, electrical and communication, divider wall, wire retainer, hanging device bracket, pre-cut box covers, and hanging boxes; Wall and rack-mounted enclosures for communication cable connections, namely, fiber optic cable, unshielded twisted pair cable, screened twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, and shielded twisted pair cable connections; Fiber optic cables and connectors; Fiber optic panels; Terminals for optical fiber cables; Optical fiber plugs; Optical fiber jacks; Optical fiber adapters; Metal cabinets and enclosures adapted to hold fiber optic equipment, including accessories relating to the foregoing; Optical fiber patch cords, adapters, electric couplers, extenders, and interconnect trays and drawers; Cassette modules adapted to manage optical fibers.
A method and apparatus for repurposing a communications zone enclosure including providing an input power source within a telecommunications room, providing circuitry configured to split the power of the input source into a plurality of channels, using preexisting twisted pair communication cables to transmit power from the plurality of channels to the zone enclosure, and recombining power the power into a single output power source.
A method and apparatus for repurposing a communications zone enclosure including providing an input power source within a telecommunications room, providing circuitry configured to split the power of the input source into a plurality of channels, using preexisting twisted pair communication cables to transmit power from the plurality of channels to the zone enclosure, and recombining power the power into a single output power source.
An apparatus having at least two user interfacing I/O data communication transceivers. The I/O transceiver utilizes either electrical or optical signaling based on user preference with each I/O transceiver being electrically connected back-to-back to a WDM transceiver in the apparatus. The optical media dependent interface of each WDM transceiver has a uniquely specified wavelength and optical ports of the WDM transceivers are connected to the corresponding wavelength ports of a WDM device. The discrete optical wavelengths are multiplexed or demultiplex onto a duplex pair of optical fibers by means of the WDM device in order to convert the interfacing I/O signals to the appropriate optical wavelengths to facilitate pre-configured WDM optical communications.
The present invention provides modular trays having cutout features that are configured to engage with a mounting feature of one or more removable rails. The removable rails may be removably secured to a tray body in a plurality of positions to allow a user to install or uninstall rails to support different sized fiber optic modules. For example, a tray may support a twenty-four optical fiber module, two twelve optical fiber modules, or three eight optical fiber modules. Fiber optic enclosures housing the trays can be affixed to the outside of a fiber optic enclosure and allow for easy stacking and unstacking.
A cable management system designed to support cables in solar applications. The cable management system includes a U-shaped bracket and at least one clamp half. The U-shaped bracket has a base with two arms with each arm including a securement slot. The clamp half has a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and sides with button pads extending from the sides. The clamp half is installed within the U-shaped bracket such that the button pads slide in the securement slots to position the clamp half in the U-shaped bracket. The clamp half separates and supports the cables installed in the U-shaped bracket.
Apparatuses and methods are provided that relate to the improvement of the interconnection density and cable management of data center fiber optic networks by including a cassette module having a multilayer interface configuration. The cassette modules utilizes depth within an internal space to accomplish the multilayer interface configuration, which results in improved connector density, while maintaining simple connection schemes.
An optical interconnection assembly and method for the deployment and scaling of optical networks employing Spine-and-Leaf architecture has Spine multi-fiber optical connectors and Leaf multi-fiber optical connectors. The Spine optical connectors of the interconnection assembly are optically connected to multi-fiber connectors of Spine switches via Spine patch cords. The leaf multi-fiber connectors are optically connected to Leaf multi-fiber connectors of Leaf switches via Leaf patch cords. A plurality of fiber optic cables in said interconnection assembly serves to optically connect every Spine multi-fiber connector to every Leaf multi-fiber connector so that every Spine switch is optically connected to every Leaf switch. The optical interconnection assembly facilitates the deployment of network Spine-and-Leaf interconnections and the ability to scale out the network by using simplified methods described in this disclosure.
A reliable fault detection and management system is described for providing safe high-voltage DC power delivery and distribution. The high voltage power delivery system provides a safer, more reliable, and easy-to-install power delivery system, while also providing for an RF communication link over a high-voltage single pair conductor cable.
An equipment rail mounted in a data center cabinet to support rack mounted equipment in the data center cabinet. The equipment rail includes a first section and a second section. A finger mounting bracket is secured to the second section of the equipment rail. The finger mounting bracket has a first member with sidewalls and a second member parallel to the first member. The distal ends of the sidewalls engage the equipment rail to form an open area between the first member and the second section of the equipment rail.
A fiber optic adaptor has a first face defining a first central axis and a second face opposite the first face defining a second central axis, wherein the first central axis is at an angle relative to the second central axis. In one embodiment, the angle matches the angle of the front face of an APC connector.
An absence of voltage indicator has an isolation circuit, an FM modulator attached to the isolation circuit, a reference oscillator, and a mixer attached to the reference oscillator and the FM modulator, wherein the output of the mixer is the difference of the two signals. In one embodiment, the FM modulator includes a variable capacitor which varies in response to a voltage in parallel to a fixed capacitor and an inductor in parallel to the capacitors.
G01R 19/18 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof using conversion of DC into AC, e.g. with choppers
A cable management system designed to support cables in solar applications. The cable management system includes a U-shaped bracket and at least one clamp half. The U-shaped bracket has a base with two arms with each arm including a securement slot. The clamp half has a top, a bottom, a front, a back, and sides with button pads extending from the sides. The clamp half is installed within the U-shaped bracket such that the button pads slide in the securement slots to position the clamp half in the U-shaped bracket. The clamp half separates and supports the cables installed in the U-shaped bracket.
A low latency free-space optical data communication channel has at least two opposing parabolic mirrors for transmitting an optical communication signal in the form of a parallel beam across a free-space channel. The input and output of the collimators are multicore optical fibers. Multiple cores of the multicore optical fibers are positioned at the focal points of the at least two opposing parabolic mirrors and the at least two opposing parabolic mirrors image the optical communications signal in each core of the multiple cores of the multicore fibers into corresponding cores of opposing multicore fibers forming at least one optical communication channel.
An optical interconnection assembly for a Spine-and-Leaf network is disclosed. The optical interconnection assembly has Spine multi-fiber optical connectors and Leaf multi-fiber optical connectors. The Spine optical connectors of the interconnection assembly are optically connected to multi-fiber connectors of Spine switches via Spine patch cords. The leaf multi-fiber connectors are optically connected to Leaf multi-fiber connectors of Leaf switches via Leaf patch cords. An array of simplex fiber optic cables in said interconnection assembly serve to optically connect every Spine multi-fiber connector to every Leaf multi-fiber connector so that every Spine switch is optically connected to every Leaf switch. The optical interconnection assembly facilitates network Spine-and-Leaf interconnections and the ability to scale-out the network by installing additional assemblies, Leaf switches, and Spine switches.
H04B 10/00 - Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
H04Q 11/00 - Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
A rear wire cover assembly for a keystone style punchdown jack has a shield wrap and an opening configured to allow the rear wire cover assembly to move in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the cable such as to partially enclose the cable and also such as to allow the rear wire cover assembly to move along the axis of the cable to engage a rear of the keystone style punchdown jack.
A rear wire cover assembly for a keystone style punchdown jack has a shield wrap and an opening configured to allow the rear wire cover assembly to move in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the cable such as to partially enclose the cable and also such as to allow the rear wire cover assembly to move along the axis of the cable to engage a rear of the keystone style punchdown jack.
A removable transport caster assembly secured to side to side beams or front to back beams in a data center cabinet in a data center. The removable transport caster assembly is temporarily installed on the cabinet to enable the cabinet to be relocated to another location in the data center. The removable transport caster assembly includes a transport caster and a transport caster bracket secured to the transport caster. The transport caster has a mounting plate, a mounting bracket extending from the mounting plate, a lifting plate pivotally connected to the mounting plate, a lifting lever pivotally connected to the mounting bracket and a wheel assembly. The transport caster bracket secures the transport caster to the cabinet when relocation of the cabinet is desired.
An enclosure used to mount electrical equipment. The enclosure includes a wall mount section, a center section pivotally attached to the wall mount section along one side, and a latch mechanism securing the opposite side of the center section to the wall mount section. The latch mechanism is accessible only from the front of the enclosure. The latch mechanism has a front latch support, a rear latch support, a cam latch, and an actuation rod. The actuation rod extends through the front latch support and the rear latch support and is secured to the cam latch. The latch mechanism secures the wall mount section to the center section.
A system, device, and method for implementing secure control over audio visual (AV) equipment connected to an AV gateway is disclosed. The solution implements secure and remote control over audio visual (AV) equipment included in an AV network by enabling a web browser running on a user device to utilize a web proxy shuttle to communicate control commands to an AV gateway that controls the AV equipment.
H04L 67/025 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
Two identical cradle halves joined together to form a cable clamp that secures at least one cable to a surface. Each cradle half has a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and sides. Each cradle half has at least one cradle portion with a compression insert and an attachment portion. The attachment portion has an adjustment latch with a post having a T-shaped head and a tapered adjustment slot. The cable clamp is formed by joining the two cradle halves with the top of one cradle half positioned on the top of a second cradle half. The cradle portion and the attachment portion of one cradle half is positioned over the cradle portion and the attachment portion of the second cradle half to form the cable clamp.
F16L 3/10 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing divided, i.e. with two members engaging the pipe, cable or protective tubing
F16L 3/22 - Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals
A cassette configured for the installation in a fiber enclosure system. The cassette includes a base, a first wall including a first front post, a second wall including a second front post, and a front wall with an opening including an adapter configured to connect to at least one fiber optic cable. The cassette further includes a latch located on the first wall configured to releasably connect the cassette to the fiber enclosure system, where a cassette lock is configured to retract the latch when the lock is actuated away from a rear of the cassette and deploy the latch when the lock is actuated toward the rear of the cassette.
An optical distribution and splice frame system includes rack(s), enclosure(s), cable management component(s), and/or cassette(s) that have features to allow for different cable management configurations not yet available in the market. A fiber optic cassette and enclosure are designed to enable flexibility in cable management configurations for the overall system.
Panduit Communication Components (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. (China)
Inventor
Liu, Ke
Abstract
A patch panel includes: a patch panel body, each end of which is provided respectively with a first rotation connect; two patch clamps, mounted respectively on each end of the patch panel body; and a cover panel, each end of which is provided respectively with a second rotation connect, and the second rotation connect is capable of being rotatably engaged with the first rotation connect. The patch panel is specifically an optical fiber patch panel. The patch panel with such a structure facilitates operation on the cables.
In accordance with the following description, an optical communication connector includes a ferrule having retractable alignment pins that are actuable between an extended position and a retracted position. For example, the connector may include an inner housing assembly having optical fibers and an outer housing positioned over the inner housing assembly. The outer housing is shaped to be removable from the inner housing assembly, which has a movable pin clamp mechanically coupled to alignment pins for aligning the connector with another connector. The pin clamp may be slid from a first position (corresponding to a male gender) to a second position (corresponding to a female gender). Separately or in combination with changing gender, the polarity of a communication connector may be changed due to its inclusion of an asymmetric polarity-changing feature that is actuable by an installer to change a polarity of the communication connector. Such a feature may actuated by being moved from a first position to a second position relative to the communication connector.
An optical distribution and splice frame system includes rack(s), enclosure(s), cable management component(s), and/or cassette(s) that have features to allow for different cable management configurations not yet available in the market. A fiber optic cassette and enclosure are designed to enable flexibility in cable management configurations for the overall system.
An apparatus having a plurality of multifiber connector interfaces, where some of these multifiber connector interfaces can connect to network equipment in a network using multifiber cables, has an internal mesh implemented in two tiers. The first is configured to rearrange and the second is configured to recombine individual fiber of the different fiber groups. The light path of each transmitter and receiver is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers and complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to point interconnections, where N=number of channels per multifiber connector interface.
Apparatuses having a plurality of optical duplex and parallel connector adapters, such as MPO connectors and LC adapters, where some adapters connect to network equipment in a network and others to servers or processing units such as GPUs, incorporate internal photonic circuit with a mesh. The light path of each transmitter and receivers is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers, wherein complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented.
G02B 6/12 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
An apparatus having a plurality of multifiber connector interfaces, where some of these multifiber connector interfaces can connect to network equipment in a network using multifiber cables, has an internal mesh implemented in two tiers. The first is configured to rearrange and the second is configured to recombine individual fiber of the different fiber groups. The light path of each transmitter and receiver is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers and complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to point interconnections, where N=number of channels per multifiber connector interface.
An apparatus having a plurality of multifiber connector interfaces, where some of these multifiber connector interfaces can connect to network equipment in a network using multifiber cables, has an internal mesh implemented in two tiers. The first is configured to rearrange and the second is configured to recombine individual fiber of the different fiber groups. The light path of each transmitter and receiver is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers and complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to point interconnections, where N=number of channels per multifiber connector interface.
An apparatus having a plurality of multifiber connector interfaces, where some of these multifiber connector interfaces can connect to network equipment in a network using multifiber cables, has an internal mesh implemented in two tiers. The first is configured to rearrange and the second is configured to recombine individual fiber of the different fiber groups. The light path of each transmitter and receiver is matched in order to provide proper optical connections from transmitting to receiving fibers and complex arbitrary network topologies can be implemented with at least 1/N less point to point interconnections, where N=number of channels per multifiber connector interface.
1 and then detecting a change in the signal due to a change in the impedence of the system as a result of a fault wherein the change is one of a change in phase, a change in signal tone, or a change in voltage level at the load. In one embodiment, band reject filters can be used to diminish the signal at the load or source. In another embodiment, the power source can be a periodic pulsed power source and the signal can be placed on the system during an idle phase of the periodic pulsed power.
A cable tie handle wrapped around an object to aid a user in lifting or carrying the object. The cable tie handle has a cable tie head, a cable tie body, and a grip handle. The cable tie head has a strap passageway extending through the cable tie head. The cable tie body extends from the cable tie head. The cable tie body has an end for feeding into the strap passageway to form a loop. The grip handle is molded with the cable tie body. The grip handle has a plurality of projections for forming an easy to grip surface when the cable tie body is feed through the cable tie head.
An optical connector houses and holds a fusion spliced portion with a short optical fiber fitted to an optical connector ferrule is fusion-spliced with a buffered optical fiber. One end of a protection sleeve which reinforces said fusion spliced portion is configured to be adhered to a buffer on the short optical fiber fitted to the optical connector ferrule and another end is adhered to a buffer of the buffered optical fiber. The protection sleeve has an inner heat shrink tube, an outer heat shrink tube, and at least one element that allows the protection sleeve to be concentric to the ferrule and cable buffer axis.
