Curved Fiber Optic Panel Assembly for High-Density Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Higher density fiber optic connections in fiber optic modules make it difficult for operators to access and manage the fiber optic components and connectors due to cramped spaces among the connectors.
Innovation Solution
A fiber optic panel assembly with a curved support plate that receives multiple adaptors, maintaining a predetermined distance between each connector, allowing for easy finger access and maximizing the number of connectors while enabling slidable trays for enhanced cable inspection and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If higher density connections with increased number of fiber optic components are implemented, then the transmission capacity and connection density are improved, but the accessibility and ease of operation for fiber optic connectors deteriorates due to cramped spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a curved support plate with a convex front surface and concave rear surface, creating a curved arrangement of fiber optic connectors. This curvature radiates connectors outward, providing sufficient spacing between adjacent connectors while maintaining high connection density. The curved geometry allows operators to access and manipulate connectors with adequate finger space, resolving the contradiction between connector density and operational accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If conventional tray pull-out configurations are used to allow access to fiber optic components, then the ease of operation is improved, but the space utilization and connection density deteriorates due to cramped spaces among connectors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a conventional flat, two-dimensional tray configuration to a three-dimensional curved support plate structure. The curved plate extends connectors in a radial pattern across multiple depth zones, utilizing the third dimension (depth/curvature radius) to organize connectors. This dimensional change allows high connector density while maintaining adequate spacing for operational access, as connectors are distributed across different radial distances from the center of curvature.
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AI summary
A fiber optic panel assembly that includes one or more sliding trays disposed therein is provided. The sliding trays may slide out certain selected adaptor modules outward from other non-selected fiber optic modules in a vertical fashion is provided. In one example, the fiber optic panel assembly includes a ceiling, a bottom cover, and two opposing side panels defining an interior opening therein, and a curved support plate disposed in the interior opening of the fiber optic panel assembly, wherein the curved support plate has a plate body having a plurality of apertures, each aperture is configured to receive a respective adaptor.