A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame
By designing a high-density modular layout in the optical fiber patch panel and adopting a combination of high-density connectors, the problems of insufficient space and inconvenient operation of the traditional patch panel are solved, and more efficient fiber management and space utilization are achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420835752.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-04-19
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-04
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-04-19
AI Technical Summary
The rack capacity of traditional optical fiber patch panels is small, the space utilization rate is low, and the operation is inconvenient, which can easily lead to the optical fiber being unable to be stored or stacked outside, causing the fiber jump to break or large optical loss, and poses quality and safety hazards.
A high-density modular fiber distribution frame is designed. The frame layout is the left fiber jumping protection area, the right fiber cable entry protection and fiber jumping storage area. The optical cable is introduced from top to bottom in the middle, and the fiber splitting fixing area, the fiber melting unit installation area and the fiber jumping channel area are successively introduced. The combination of duplex LC high-density connector and MPO high-density connector is used to increase the capacity and space utilization of the fiber melting unit.
By increasing the capacity of the fiber melting and distribution unit and improving the layout, the problems of insufficient space and inconvenient operation of traditional distribution frames are solved, the space utilization rate of the computer room is improved, and smoother and more convenient fiber management and configuration are achieved.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of optical fiber distribution frame products, in particular to a high-density, modular, standardized and flexibly configured optical fiber distribution frame. Background Art
[0002] Optical fiber distribution frame (ODF) is a wiring connection device between optical cables and optical communication equipment or between optical communication equipment. It is used for the termination and distribution of trunk optical cables at the local end of the optical fiber communication system, and can easily realize the connection, distribution and scheduling of optical fiber lines.
[0003] Traditional fiber optic patch panel (refer to Figure 4 ) adopts the following rack layout: the left side is the fiber jumper tray storage area (with storage components), the right side is the optical cable bundling and fixing area (with binding lines), the upper middle is the optical cable introduction and stripping and fixing area (with stripping units), and the lower middle is the optical fiber fusion unit installation area (with optical fiber fusion units).
[0004] Patch fiber routing method (refer to Figure 5 ) is: the optical cable A first enters the optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area, is stripped and split on the stripping unit, and then is fixed in the optical cable bundling and fixing area and connected to the optical fiber splicing unit in the optical fiber splicing unit installation area. The jumper fiber B is led out from the optical fiber splicing unit, coiled on the receiving assembly in the jumper fiber coiling and receiving area and then led out; the capacity of each set of optical fiber splicing unit is 72 cores, including 6 12-core integrated coils, the adapter adopts the commonly used FC or SC type, the height of the optical fiber splicing unit is 4U, and a 2.2-meter optical fiber distribution frame can only install 8 sets of 72-core optical fiber splicing units, and the total capacity can only reach 576 cores.
[0005] The defects of traditional fiber optic distribution frames are: small rack capacity, low space utilization in the computer room, and the rack storage and fiber fusion unit output are all on the left, operations require cross-operation, and the fiber storage is crowded, which is not conducive to fiber management. In the computer room, the fiber optic cables are often piled outside the rack due to lack of storage, resulting in fiber breakage or large optical loss, resulting in line blockage, and posing many quality and safety risks. Utility Model Content
[0006] The purpose of the utility model is to overcome the deficiencies in the above-mentioned background technology and to provide a high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame, which should have the characteristics of high density, modularization, standardization and flexible configuration.
[0007] The technical solution of the utility model is:
[0008] A high-density modular fiber optic distribution frame, including a rack; characterized in that: in the rack, the left side is a patch cord protection area, the right side is an optical cable entry protection and patch cord storage area, and the middle from top to bottom is an optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area, an optical fiber fusion unit installation area and a patch cord routing channel area.
[0009] The fiber jumper wiring protection area is provided with a wire passing ring; the optical cable entry protection and fiber jumper coil storage area is provided with a storage component and a wire protection ring.
[0010] The optical cable introduction, stripping and fixing area is provided with a stripping unit; the optical fiber fusion unit installation area is provided with an optical fiber fusion unit; and the jumper fiber routing channel area is provided with a channel unit.
[0011] The optical fiber fusion unit is a duplex LC high-density connector and / or an MPO high-density connector.
[0012] The fiber jumper wiring protection zone is provided with two rows of vertically arranged wire passing rings.
[0013] The optical cable entry protection and fiber jumper tray receiving area is provided with a row of vertically arranged receiving components and a row of vertically arranged wire protection rings.
[0014] The fiber jumper routing channel area is provided with at least two layers of channel units.
[0015] The optical fiber fusion unit installation area is equipped with a protective door.
[0016] The beneficial effects of the utility model are:
[0017] In the utility model, the right side of the rack is the fiber jumper coil storage area, the left side is the fiber jumper wiring protection area, and the bottom in the middle is the fiber jumper routing channel area. This layout lengthens the fiber jumper routing storage path and increases the storage space, making fiber routing smoother, more convenient and reasonable. The optical fiber fusion unit adopts a combination of duplex LC high-density connectors and MPO high-density connectors. The product capacity has been doubled, which improves the space utilization rate of the computer room. The optical fiber fusion unit adopts standardized and modular design to achieve flexible and rapid combination of product configuration and capacity. The utility model can be widely used in the construction and transformation of optical cable distribution products of telecommunications operators such as China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, Radio and Television, and Iron Tower to meet the needs of rapid development of network communications. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] Figure 1 It is a main structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0019] Figure 2 It is a top view structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0020] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of fiber jumper routing of the utility model.
[0021] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the main structure of a traditional optical fiber distribution frame.
[0022] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the fiber patching routing of a traditional optical fiber distribution frame.
[0023] Reference numerals:
[0024] Wire passing ring 1, receiving assembly 2, wire protection ring 3, stripping unit 4, channel unit 5, optical fiber fusion unit 6, rack 7, jumper fiber management protection area 11, jumper fiber coiling and receiving area 12, optical cable introduction, stripping and fixing area 13, optical fiber fusion unit installation area 14, jumper fiber routing channel area 15, optical cable A, jumper fiber B. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the utility model more clear, the utility model is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the utility model and are not used to limit the utility model.
[0026] like Figure 1 As shown, a high-density modular fiber optic distribution frame includes a rack 7, on which are provided a jumper fiber management protection area 11, an optical cable entry protection and jumper fiber coiling storage area 12, an optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area 13, an optical fiber fusion unit installation area 14, and a jumper fiber routing channel area 15.
[0027] The left side of the rack is the patch cord protection area. The right side of the rack is the optical cable entry protection and patch cord storage area. The middle of the rack is the standard 19-inch equipment installation area, which is convenient for the flexible combination and assembly of standardized and modular optical fiber fusion units to achieve rapid configuration of different capacities. The optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area, optical fiber fusion unit installation area and patch cord routing channel area are set in the middle of the rack and arranged in sequence from top to bottom.
[0028] The optical fiber fusion unit installation area is equipped with a protective door (omitted in the figure). The protective door can be flipped up and down to protect the optical fiber of the optical fiber fusion unit, and a label can be made on the protective door to mark the relevant information of the optical fiber line of this unit, and the overall optical fiber distribution frame can be more beautiful.
[0029] The jumper wire management protection area is provided with a wire passing ring 1. The wire passing ring is arranged in two rows, left and right. Figure 1 It can be seen that the vertically arranged line rings in the left column are sparsely arranged, with 7 in number, while the vertically arranged line rings in the right column are densely arranged, with 13 in number.
[0030] The optical cable entry protection and patch cable storage area is divided into the left optical cable entry protection area and the right patch cable storage area. The optical cable entry protection area is provided with a wire protection ring 3. The patch cable storage area is provided with a storage assembly 2. The wire protection ring and the storage assembly are arranged in two rows, namely, Figure 1 It can be seen that the left column of vertically arranged wire retaining rings is close to the optical fiber fusion unit and has 13 of them, and the right column of vertically arranged receiving components has 8 of them.
[0031] The optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area is provided with a stripping unit 4, and the height of the optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area is 5U. The jumper routing channel area is provided with a channel unit 5, and at least two layers of channel units (including upper and lower layers in the figure) need to be set, and the height of the two layers of channel units is 5U.
[0032] The optical fiber fusion and matching unit installation area is provided with an optical fiber fusion and matching unit 6, and the optical fiber fusion and matching unit is a duplex LC high-density connector and / or an MPO high-density connector.
[0033] The duplex LC high-density connector has a height of 3U and includes 4 layers of connector units. The capacity of each layer of connector units is 24 cores, and the capacity of the entire duplex LC high-density connector is 96 cores.
[0034] The MPO high-density connector has a height of 3U and includes 24 connector units, each of which has a capacity of 12 cores, and the capacity of the entire MPO high-density connector is 288 cores.
[0035] The optical fiber fusion unit is mainly divided into three modes:
[0036] 1. All duplex LC high-density connectors are used. A 2.2-meter-high fiber distribution frame can be installed with 12 sets of duplex LC high-density connectors, with a total capacity of 1152 cores, which is twice that of traditional fiber distribution frames;
[0037] 2. All MPO high-density connectors are used. A 2.2-meter-high fiber distribution frame can be installed with 12 sets of MPO high-density connectors, with a total capacity of 3456 cores, which is 6 times that of traditional fiber distribution frames;
[0038] 3. Use a combination of duplex LC high-density connectors and MPO high-density connectors; for example, install 6 sets of duplex LC high-density connectors and 6 sets of MPO high-density connectors in a 2.2-meter-high fiber distribution frame, with a capacity of 2304 cores, which is 4 times that of traditional fiber distribution frames.
[0039] All components of the utility model are prior art and can be purchased from outside.
[0040] The utility model has a wiring arrangement such as Figure 3As shown: Optical cable A first enters the optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area, is stripped and split on the stripping unit, and then enters the optical cable entry protection area, passes through the wire protection ring downward in sequence, and is connected to the optical fiber fusion unit.
[0041] The fiber jumper routing of the utility model is as follows Figure 3 As shown: Patch fiber B is led out from the optical fiber fusion unit into the patch fiber management protection zone, extends downward through the wire ring on the right in turn, and then extends from left to right through the channel unit on the lower layer to enter the patch fiber coil storage area, extends upward to the fiber coil of the storage component and then extends downward, passes through the channel unit on the upper layer from right to left to enter the patch fiber management protection zone, extends upward through the wire ring on the left in turn, and finally leads to the external connection device of the optical fiber distribution frame.
[0042] The entire fiber patch cord routing path is long, the accommodation space is large, and the routing is orderly and neat, making the fiber patch cord and optical cable routing smoother, more convenient and reasonable.
[0043] Finally, it should be noted that the above examples are only specific embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and there are many variations. All variations that can be directly derived or associated with the content of the present invention by a person skilled in the art should be considered as the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame, comprising a frame (7); characterized in that: In the frame, the left side is a patch cord protection area (11), the right side is an optical cable entry protection and patch cord storage area (12), and the middle from top to bottom is an optical cable introduction stripping and fixing area (13), an optical fiber fusion unit installation area (14) and a patch cord routing channel area (15).
2. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 1, characterized in that: The jumper fiber management protection area is provided with a wire passing ring (1); the optical cable entry protection and jumper fiber coil storage area is provided with a storage component (2) and a wire protection ring (3).
3. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 2, characterized in that: The optical cable introduction, stripping and fixing area is provided with a stripping unit (4); the optical fiber fusion unit installation area is provided with an optical fiber fusion unit (6); and the jumper fiber routing channel area is provided with a channel unit (5).
4. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 3, characterized in that: The optical fiber fusion unit is a duplex LC high-density connector and / or an MPO high-density connector.
5. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 4, characterized in that: The fiber jumper wiring protection zone is provided with two rows of vertically arranged wire passing rings (1).
6. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 5, characterized in that: The optical cable inlet protection and fiber jumper tray receiving area is provided with a row of vertically arranged receiving components (2) and a row of vertically arranged wire protection rings (3).
7. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 6, characterized in that: The fiber jumper routing channel area is provided with at least two layers of channel units (5).
8. A high-density modular optical fiber distribution frame according to claim 7, characterized in that: The optical fiber fusion unit installation area is equipped with a protective door.