Patent ID: 6201919
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A fiber distribution frame comprising:a. a support structure having a vertical wall with a transverse dimension;b. a plurality of bulkhead assemblies each having:1. opposing and spaced-apart slide plates secured to said wall and extending substantially perpendicular to the wall from a rear edge adjacent the wall to a forward edge spaced from the wall;2. a connector support rod positioned between the slide plates and slidably connected to each of the slide plates for the rod to slide along a linear and horizontal path of travel extending substantially perpendicular to the transverse dimension of the wall, each plate extending on opposite sides of the rod;3. the rod slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, in the retracted position, a rear end of the rod positioned adjacent the rear edge of the slide plates and in the extended position, the rear end positioned adjacent the forward edge of the slide plates;4. the rod carrying a plurality of fiber optic adaptors each for receiving an individual coupled pair of fiber optic connectors, the plurality of adaptors disposed on the rod in a linear array extending along the path of travel and with the adaptors aligned for coupled connectors to extend transversely away from the path of travel on opposite sides of the rod;5. wherein the plates are spaced apart to define an unobstructed spacing between the plates on opposite sides of the rod along the length of the plates between the rear and forward edges;6. a vertical lock slide between the rod and the plates wherein the rod is slideable only in the horizontal direction, and wherein the rod is locked to the plates in the vertical direction;c. wherein the plurality of assemblies are disposed in a vertical array with an upper of the plates of an assembly concurrently being a lower one of the plates of an adjacent assembly.