Wiring Module Stacked Reels Optical Fiber Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wiring modules face challenges in connection workability when dealing with multiple optical fibers, as they require time-consuming fiber connection and are prone to mixing or intertwining during device connections.
Innovation Solution
A wiring module design featuring a bottom plate with stacked reels accommodating optical fibers, where the module is placed inside the reels, allowing for collective handling and preventing fiber mixing, along with a buffer material to mitigate external impacts, and optimized reel and fiber configurations for easy handling and connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple optical fibers are handled separately for connection, then connection precision can be maintained, but connection time increases and workability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple optical fibers into a single bundle and accommodates them together in one reel, allowing the entire bundle to be handled as a single unit during connection operations. This merging approach enables simultaneous connection of multiple fibers, significantly improving connection speed and workability while maintaining precision through the organized bundle structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where multiple optical fibers are bundled together and nested within a single reel. The bundle contains individual fibers in an organized manner, and the reel provides outer containment. This nested arrangement allows efficient storage, handling, and deployment of multiple fibers as a unified structure, improving both productivity and ease of operation.
2Reliability
If multiple optical fibers are handled separately, then fiber identification is easier, but mixing or intertwining occurs during connection
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple optical fibers into a single organized bundle within one reel, the patent prevents mixing and intertwining that occurs when fibers are handled separately. The bundle structure maintains fiber identification and organization while enabling simultaneous connection operations, reducing connection time without sacrificing reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary organization of multiple optical fibers into a bundled structure before connection operations begin. This pre-arranged bundle configuration ensures fibers remain organized and identifiable throughout the connection process, preventing mixing while enabling efficient simultaneous connection of all fibers in the bundle.
3Ease of operation
If optical fibers are stored in separate reels, then fiber management is simpler, but space occupation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple optical fibers into a single bundle and stores them together in one reel rather than using separate reels for each fiber. This consolidation significantly reduces the total space required for fiber storage while maintaining organized fiber management through the bundle structure, allowing simple handling and identification of all fibers as a unified group.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nesting by placing multiple optical fibers inside a single reel in a bundled configuration. The fibers are nested within the bundle, and the bundle is nested within the reel, creating a compact hierarchical structure that minimizes space occupation while preserving fiber management capabilities through the organized nested arrangement.
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AI summary
A wiring module includes: a bottom plate; a module having two surfaces facing each other; a plurality of optical fibers, each of which is connected to the module via at least one of the surfaces of the module; and a plurality of reels which are sequentially stacked on an upper surface of the bottom plate, each of the plurality of reels accommodating a bundle of one corresponding optical fiber among the plurality of optical fibers. The module is disposed in a space formed inside the plurality of reels which are stacked.