Adc Telecommunications, Inc.

Commscope Technologies LLC

Commscope Connectivity UK Limited

Loren J Mattson

Gordon P Clark

Joseph Christopher Coffey

Christopher Charles Taylor

Gordon John White

Thomas B Marcouiller

Oscar Fernando Bran De León

Kristofer J Bolster

Duane R Sand

Alastair Hoath

John T Pfarr

Douglas G Elliot

John D Schmidt

Jill Anne Malecha

Matthew J Holmberg

John Anderson

Scott C Sievers

Jonathan T Lawson

Chris Taylor

Laxman R Anne

Terry E McClellan

Robert J Debrey

Steve Johnson

Cyle D Petersen

Bradley Scott Kessler

David Coppock

Gordon J Clark

Jerry D Johnson

Chris Charles Taylor

An adapter structure for fixing a portion of a telecommunications cable to a telecommunications device and directing fibers within the cable into the device includes a crimp body and an outer mounting body. The crimp body defines a first side and a second side separated by a center portion and also includes two flexible legs extending from the first side and an integral crimp portion extending from the second side that has outer surface texturing. The outer mounting body includes a through-hole, where the two flexible legs of the crimp body fit into one end of the through-hole. It also includes tabs on opposing sides of the outer mounting body for slidable insertion into slots defined by the telecommunications device to prevent movement of the outer mounting body in a front to back direction, relative to the device.

Adapter structure

An adapter block assembly includes an adapter block, a circuit board arrangement, and a cover attached to the adapter block so that the circuit board arrangement is held to the adapter block by the cover. Contact assemblies can be disposed between the adapter block and the circuit board arrangement. The cover can be latched, heat staked, or otherwise secured to the adapter block. Each component of the adapter block assembly can include one or more parts (e.g., multiple adapter blocks, multiple circuit boards, and/or multiple cover pieces).

Optical assemblies with managed connectivity

A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces.

Managed electrical connectivity systems

An adapter block assembly includes two housing pieces that cooperate to hold one or more adapters therebetween. The two housing pieces are removably latched together. Labels can be placed over the latches. Certain types of adapter block assemblies are configured to receive multi-fiber plug connectors. Certain types of adapter block assemblies include securement arrangements at opposite ends thereof to aid in mounting the adapter block assemblies to frames, trays, chassis, or other such structures.

Adapter block assembly

A fiber optic cassette may include a cassette body defining a front end, a rear end, and an enclosed interior. Multiple identical apertures are included on the front end of the cassette body, where each aperture is configured to accept a fiber optic adapter. The cassette may further include an optical component located in an enclosed interior of the cassette body and configured to process a signal received from a fiber optic connector coupled to one of the fiber optic adapters, a crimp tube mounted to the front end of the cassette body, and at least one fiber optic cable attached to the crimp tube, extending from the cassette and configured to carry the signal processed by the optical component. The fiber optic cable may include a jacket, a strength member crimped to the crimp tube, and optical fibers extending past the crimp tube into the interior of the cassette body, wherein the mounting structure for mounting the crimp tube to the cassette body is receivable within one of the identical apertures.

Fiber optic connection cassette

An electrical connector arrangement includes a storage device coupled to a connector housing. The storage device is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the electrical connector arrangement. The storage device also has contacts that enable the physical layer information to be read from the storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one receptacle assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface.

Managed connectivity in electrical systems and methods thereof

Systems and methods for detecting component rotation within a communication assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes a module; an adapter block that includes multiple front ports and multiple rear ports configured to receive an optical connector; a managing entity configured to control port identification for the front and rear ports; and a circuit board mounted to the adapter block, wherein the circuit board comprises multiple front contact assemblies and multiple rear contact assemblies, wherein each front port is associated with a front contact assembly and each rear port is associated with a rear contact assembly, wherein when a rear contact assembly is electrically coupled to a connector, the connector generates an event that is sent to the managing entity, whereupon the managing entity remaps the port identification for the front and rear ports.

Systems and methods for detecting component rotation within a communication assembly

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Richfield, MN, United States of America

Loren J Mattson