Rotatable Organizer Assembly for Fiber Optic Cable Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fiber optic cable closures with SE/SC tray types lack flexibility and provide minimal slack storage, making them inefficient for managing individual customer connections.
Innovation Solution
The proposed organizer assembly for butt closures includes a primary basket, a rotatable backplate with positioning assemblies, and rotatable organizer trays, allowing for flexible positioning and efficient storage of cables and splice modules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If SE/SC tray types are used to isolate individual customers, then customer isolation is improved, but flexibility and slack storage are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the backplate rotatable relative to the primary basket through a hinge assembly, and making organizer trays rotatable relative to the backplate through positioning assemblies. This dynamic configuration allows the system to adapt between providing customer isolation when needed and providing flexibility with slack storage when needed, resolving the contradiction between reliability (customer isolation) and adaptability (flexibility and slack storage).
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the closure into distinct functional components: a primary basket for slack storage, a rotatable backplate for routing management, and individual rotatable organizer trays for customer isolation. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while working together to provide both customer isolation and flexibility.
2Quantity of substance
If large trays with high capacities are used, then storage capacity is improved, but size and space efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the nesting principle by placing multiple individual organizer trays within the primary basket structure. Each tray can be independently positioned and rotated, allowing efficient use of space within the closure while maintaining high storage capacity through vertical and rotational arrangement of multiple smaller units rather than one large tray.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the rotational dimension by allowing trays to rotate about the lateral axis, adding a new degree of freedom for organizing and accessing cables. This rotational capability enables efficient space utilization in three-dimensional space within the closure, achieving high capacity without increasing the physical footprint.
3Ease of operation
If multiple organizer trays are provided for cable management, then cable organization is improved, but device complexity is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the universality principle by designing a standardized backplate with multiple positioning assemblies that can accommodate various types of organizer trays. The hinge assembly and positioning mechanisms serve multiple functions: supporting trays, enabling rotation, providing positioning, and facilitating cable routing. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized components for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functions of cable storage, organization, and routing into an integrated assembly where the primary basket, backplate, and organizer trays work together as a unified system. The positioning assemblies combine support, rotation, and positioning functions in a single mechanism, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining ease of cable organization.
Data Source
AI summary
An organizer assembly includes a primary basket extending along a longitudinal axis between a first open end and a second closed end. The organizer assembly includes a backplate extending between a front wall and a rear wall, wherein a plurality of entry/exit slots are defined at the rear wall. The backplate further includes a plurality of positioning assemblies. The organizer assembly includes a hinge assembly connecting the backplate to the primary basket, wherein the backplate is rotatable relative to the primary basket at the hinge assembly about a lateral axis. The organizer assembly includes a plurality of organizer trays, each of the plurality of organizer trays rotatably connectable to the backplate at one of the plurality of positioning assemblies. Each of the plurality of positioning assemblies causes the connected one of the plurality of organizer trays to be selectively positionable in one of a plurality of rotational positions.