Corning Optical Communications LLC

Corning Research & Development Corporation

Cynthia Cantu Martinez

William Julius McPhil Giraud

Fabiola Patricia Villanueva Tavares

Trampus Lee Landrum

Ryan Everette Frye

Giovanna Monserrat Franco Romo

Chad Lee German

A protective apparatus for telecommunication lines includes a mounting frame, a transition platform coupled to the mounting frame, and a protective skirt that is coupleable to the mounting frame. The mounting frame includes at least one sidewall having a sidewall opening to allow passage of a telecommunication line. The transition platform includes an opening to allow passage of the telecommunication line to an adjacent telecommunications terminal. The protective skirt includes a cutout corresponding in shape to the sidewall. The mounting frame, the transition platform and the protective skirt define an internal space when the protective skirt is coupled to the mounting frame. The telecommunications lines enter and exit the internal space by passing through the openings in the sidewalls, thus permitting removal of the protective skirt without the need to remove some or all of the telecommunications lines from the mounting frame or the telecommunications terminal.

Protective skirt for telecommunications lines

A fiber distribution hub includes an exterior cabinet housing, a cabinet door, a distribution panel, and a parking door assembly. The distribution panel located in a cable holding volume defined by the exterior cabinet housing includes a fiber distribution field formed of connector adapters that provide a connection between feeder cables and distribution cables. The distribution panel includes a pivot axis opposite a swinging side, where the swinging side moves about the pivot axis between a partially accessible configuration and a fully accessible configuration. The parking door assembly moveably connects to the swinging side of the distribution panel. The parking door assembly includes a parking door including a connector holder retaining structure configured to retain a plurality of fiber optic connectors and a hinge structure that connects the parking door to the swinging side of the distribution panel.

Parking door assemblies for use with fiber distribution hubs and methods of installing parking door assemblies

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Fort Worth, TX, United States of America

Cynthia Cantu Martinez