Patent ID: 9664871
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A fiber optic drawer tray for fiber optic equipment, the fiber optic drawer tray comprising: A substantially horizontal base; a pair of housing engagement features disposed on opposite sides of the horizontal base, each housing engagement feature of the pair of housing engagement features configured to movably engage with at least one tray engagement feature of a drawer housing; a rotatable spool disposed on the base; and a fiber optic adapter sub-assembly mounted to the rotatable spool, the fiber optic adapter sub-assembly configured to receive and retain a plurality of fiber optic adapters, the fiber optic adapter sub-assembly and the rotatable spool configured to rotate together with respect to the base of the fiber optic drawer tray; wherein the rotatable spool is configured to store a length of a fiber optic cable wound around the rotatable spool, the fiber optic cable comprising a plurality of optical fibers terminated by a plurality of connectors configured to be disposed in the plurality of fiber optic adapters in the fiber optic adapter sub-assembly, and wherein the rotatable spool is continuously rotatable for a plurality of revolutions with respect to the base to spool or unspool the fiber optic cable without removing the plurality of connectors from the plurality of adapters in the fiber optic adapter sub-assembly.