Patent ID: 6434313
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A fiber optic splice closure comprising:a frame; an end cap at one end of the frame having apertures for the passage of a plurality of express cable optical fibers and a plurality of drop cable optical fibers; a plurality of coupler cassettes carried by the frame in a coupler cassette subassembly, each of the coupler cassettes containing at least one coupler, the plurality of coupler cassettes connecting optical fibers such that an input optical fiber to the subassembly results in a plurality of output optical fibers from the subassembly; a splice organizer carried by the frame and exterior of the coupler cassettes, the splice organizer comprising at least one splice holder for retaining a splice between at least one of the incoming express cable optical fibers and the input optical fiber to the subassembly and for retaining a splice between at least one of the drop cable optical fibers and at least one of the plurality of output optical fibers from the subassembly; and a housing attached to the end cap.