Patent ID: 11860433
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. An optical module comprising:
a housing defining an interior;
an optical adapter arrangement disposed at the housing, the optical adapter arrangement having inner ports accessible from the interior of the housing and outer ports accessible from an exterior of the housing;
a cable inlet leading from the exterior of the housing to the interior of the housing, the cable inlet being configured to receive an optical cable including a plurality of optical fibers;
a splice location disposed within the interior of the housing;
a plurality of optical pigtails extending from unterminated ends to connectorized ends, the unterminated ends being disposed at the splice location, the connectorized ends being plugged into the inner ports of the optical adapter arrangement;
a support ring disposed within the interior of the housing, the support ring not being sufficiently high to provide bend radius protection for the plurality of optical pigtails; and
a separator disposed within the interior of the housing and resting on the support ring, the separator disposed over a portion of the optical pigtails extending from the inner ports of the optical adapter arrangement.