MXPA98006859A - Multime connection accommodation - Google Patents

Abstract

A housing of the type for receiving telecommunication cables and multimedia connection members, wherein the housing includes a base plate with a side edge portion for holding a plurality of multimedia connection members, a first fiber optic storage ring which is attached to the base, and a second fiber optic storage ring that is joined to the base substantially side by side with the first optical storage guide. The first and second optical storage guides each have an external substantially cylindrical guide surface with a radius that is equal to or greater than the minimum bending radius of the optical fibers. the first and second fiber optic storage rings are separated from one another to define the transverse junction between them that is adapted to receive the optical fibers that extend between the first and second fiber storage rings. An external guide wall that is selectively spaced around the first and second fiber optic storage guides for retaining the optical fibers wound around the storage rings. The outer guide walls have openings for receiving the optical fibers in a fiber optic path around the first and second storage rings so that the optical fibers extend substantially tangentially towards the first or second fiber optic storage ring. A connection support platform is positioned in the first fiber optic storage ring and is adapted to removably receive an electrical connector in a substantially fixed position relative to the base to facilitate a cable installation procedure.

Description

MULTIMEDIA CONNECTION ACCOMMODATION TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention is directed to a telecommunication housing, and more particularly, to a multimedia connection housing for integrating telecommunication cables and connection members.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The development of telecommunications and the information highway has resulted in the need for multiple telecommunication interconnections in offices and homes. In the past: a standard office usually required only an individual communication wall connector, such as a telephone connection, between a worker and the outside world. The increased use of audiovisual, computer, facsimile, and cable equipment for communication has significantly increased the requirement for telecommunication cable connections. A single worker can have equipment that requires multiple communication cable connections, such as a computer network link, a modem link, a telephone link, a fiber optic cable link, and a coaxial cable connection.

Telecommunication cables, including electrical wiring, optical fibers and coaxial cables, are typically routed through an office or home in surface-mounted ducts, or within walls, floors and ceilings. Each of the cables terminates in a connection member, such as, but not limited to, a fiber optic adapter, a telephone connection, or an electrical connector. The respective connection member is adapted to be operatively coupled to a selected telecommunications equipment connection member within the office or home. The connection members are typically retained in a surface-mounted assembly or assembled in the form of a flood. Multimedia connection boxes connected in conventional flood form, such as is written in the patent of E. U.A. No. 5, 007, 860 provide a communication coupling system for supporting connection members in a single conventional wall mounted in an electrical box. The coupling system is effective when it supports a limited number of telecommunication cables that require two to four connectors or adapters and which are directed through a wall, spacing, or the like, to the electrical box. The bypass mounted coupling system is also effective in environments that require a limited degree of flexibility to reconfigure connectors and adapters to adapt to different telecommunications wiring arrangements. Accordingly, the bypass mounted communication coupling system experiences some limitations in its capacity and flexibility. Other conventional multimedia connection boxes receive a plurality of telecommunication cables therein, and the selected lengths of each cable are stored in the boxes. When one or more of the telecommunication cables is a fiber optic cable, the industry standard requires that at least one meter of optical fiber be stored in the connection box. The optical fibers in the fiber optic cable are wound in an individual coil inside the box, and the free end of each optical fiber is connected to an adapter attached to the box. If the conventional optical fibers are wound or otherwise hinged within the housing with a radius that is less than 2.99 cm, the signal transmitted on the optical fiber will experience an excessive loss of attenuation, resulting in degradation of the optical signal of the system Therefore, the optical fibers must be wound on the coil, stored inside the connection box, and connected to the selected adapter without obtaining a bending radius of less than 2.99 cm. The size of the connection boxes mounted on the Its conventional surface has been reduced to require a small mounting surface on the wall or partition. In this way the smaller connection boxes have experienced a difficulty in storing the opt fibers and providing a connection to the selected adapters without flexing the opt fibers in excess of the minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm. A further disadvantage of conventional connection boxes is that the opt fibers are stored together in a limited space in the box with the other telecommunion cables, such as a copper wire cable or a coaxial cable. Optical fibers and other cables usually interfere with each other, particularly during the installation or reconfiguration of the connection box and the connection members. A conventional multimedia connection box is installed in an office or house during a procedure wherein the telecommunication cables are extended towards the box, and the cable is attached to the selected connection member. Conventional connection boxes are typically not adapted to assist connection procedures. As an example, a copper wire cable is attached to an industry standard type (IDC) insulation displacement connection connector, such as a Leviton 10 termination connection, and the I DC connector is removably attached to the connection box in the selected location. The I DC connector is relatively small, and an installer typically holds the I DC connector with one hand while trying to manipulate the copper wires of the cable over the I DC contacts of the connector. The installer then uses a drilling tool 1 10 to fix the connection between the I DC connector and the copper wire cable. Accordingly, the connection procedure is completed in the hands of the installer. The drilling tool 110 requires a significant amount of force to make the proper connection between the copper wires and the IDC connector in the field, so that the connection procedure can be a laborious, intensive, tedious and time-consuming process . The attached IDC connector is then placed in the connection box.

COMPENDIUM OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a housing of the type for receiving telecommunication cables and multimedia connection members that overcomes the problems experienced by conventional connection boxes. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a housing is adapted to receive optical fibers therein that are operatively connected to adapters so that the optical fibers do not flex with L? radius that is less than a minimum bending radius. The housing includes a base with a side edge portion for supporting a plurality of multimedia connection members, a first fiber optic storage guide that is attached to the base, and a second fiber optic storage guide. which is attached to 3 base substantially side by side with the first fiber optic storage guide. The first and second optical storage guides each have an external substantially cylindrical guide surface with a radius that is equal to or greater than the minimum bending radius of the optical fibers. The first and second fiber optic storage guides are separated from one another, and a transverse linkage between the fiber optic storage guides is provided. The first and second fiber optic storage guides are sized and positioned to allow the optical fibers to wrap around the first and second outer guide surfaces, pass through the transverse junction, and extend between the first and second guides of fiber optic storage in a selected distribution pattern without bending at a radius that is smaller than the minimum bending radius and with the respective optical fiber terminating adjacent to the side edge portion of the base. The outer guide walls are selectively spaced around the first and second fiber optic storage guides and spaced apart from the transverse junction to retain the optical fibers in the selected distribution pattern around the first and second fiber storage guides. optics The outer guide walls have openings for receiving the optical fibers as the optical fibers extend through a disconnecting conduit channel on one side of the cover and towards the housing. The openings in the outer guide wall are positioned so that the optical fibers can rotate to extend substantially and tangentially toward one of the selected guides of the first and second fiber optic storage guides to continuously direct the optical fiber around the fibers. first and second storage rings. The outer guides include curved portions on opposite sides of the transverse junction extending from each other, and each of the curved portions has a radius of curvature that is equal to or greater than the minimum bending radius of the optical fibers. In one embodiment of the invention, the housing includes a connector support platform within the first fiber optic storage guide and is attached to the base. The connector support platform is configured to removably support one of the selected members of the connection members in a generally fixed position relative to the base and to the first fiber optic storage guide. The connector support platform has an upper platform portion that is supported above the base through side walls, such that the upper platform portion is above the base and is generally positioned adjacent to an edge portion. top of the first fiber optic storage guide. The upper platform portion removably receives the selected connector thereon to facilitate the connection of the telecommunications cable to the connector. In an embodiment of the present invention, the base includes a cover alignment guide projecting away from the base. A locking tab projects from the cover alignment guide at one end of the base, and a cover retaining tab projects from the cover alignment guide toward the opposite end of the base. The housing further includes a cover releasably attached to the locking tab and the cover retaining tab for closing the base and the first and second fiber optic guides. The cover includes a top panel and external side walls that extend between the top panel and the base when the cover is in a position of coverage over the base. The outer side wall of the cover has a tab reception opening extending therethrough which removably receives the locking tab when the cover is in the position of coverage, and a tongue depression extending only partially through the cover. the outer wall portion, so that the retaining tab and the tongue depression are not visible from the outside of the housing when the cover is in the covering operation. The outer side wall extends partially around the top panel and terminates at the first and second end portions with a space therebetween which is adapted to receive one or more connection members. The first end portion defines a free end of the outer side wall that can flex and move relative to the base, so that the external wall portion having the closure opening therein moves relative to the closing tab between a closed position and a released position. In the closed position, the locking tab extends towards the closing opening to retain the cover on the base, and in the released position, the closing tongue is outside the closing opening to allow the cover to move away from the opening. the basis for exposing the first and second fiber optic alignment guides. When the cover is in the position of cover, the closing tab and the closing opening can be seen from the outside of the housing and the retaining tab is concealed, in order to provide a visual indication to the user of which end of the Cover can be manipulated to remove the cover from the base. In another embodiment of the invention, a splice pad platform is attached to the first and second fiber optic storage guides and extends over the transverse junction. The splice pad platform has an inverted support fastener, generally U-shaped with first and second ends that couple the first and second fiber optic storage guides, and a portion of the strip extending between the first and second ends. limbs and on the transverse union. A splice tray is attached to the band portion, and the splice tray has a plurality of fiber retention slots therein configured to receive end portions of optical fibers to retain the optical fibers in an end-to-end configuration during the fiber splicing operation.A.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a top, partially exploded, fragmentary isometric view of a multimedia connection housing according to the present invention, with telecommunication cables and connection members shown coupled to the housing. Figure 2 is a top plan view of a base of the housing of Figure 1, the cover not shown, with a fiber optic line shown in faded lines wrapped around the fiber optic storage rings, and a tray platform Splicing is shown extended between the storage rings. Figure 3 is an isometric top view of the base of Figure 2, with the electrical connector shown on a connector support platform with the splice tray platform shown in faded lines. Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 4-4 of Figure 3 showing the electrical connector on the connector support platform. Figure 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 5-5 of Figure 1 showing a cover retention tab in a tab retention depression in the cover.

Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 6-6 of Figure 1, showing a side panel of the cover in solid lines in a closed position on a locking tab, and shown in lines vanished a released position away from the locking tab. Figure 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along line 7-7 of Figure 2 showing the splice tray platform.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A multimedia connection housing 10 according to the present invention is shown in the Figures for illustrative purposes only. The illustrated housing 10 is a surface mounted housing that is adapted to be mounted to a wall, partition or other surface, in a work station of an office or house. The housing 10 receives an optical fiber cable 12 and a pair of wire cables 14. The fiber optic cable 12 and the wire cable 14 are shown in a configuration where the cables are routed through the wall or partition of the cable. the office or house. The housing 10 is also adapted to receive telecommunication cables which are directed towards the housing in conduits mounted on the surface in the office or house. The housing 10 retains selected portions of the wire fiber optic cables 12 and 14. The illustrated fiber optic cable 12 has four optical fibers 16, each being connected through an optical fiber connector to an adapter 18, such as ST, SC or FC adapters. Each of the wire cables 14 is attached to an electrical connector 20, such as a telephone connection, an F connector, or a BNC connector. The optical adapters 18 and the electrical connector 20 are removably mounted in the housing 10 and can be releasably connected to selected telecommunication devices, such as a computer, a facsimile machine, an audiovisual equipment, within the office or home. Although the housing 10 of the illustrated embodiment is shown with the optical fiber and the wire cables, and the respective adapters and connectors, the housing is adapted to receive other communication cables and the respective connection member. As best seen in Figure 1, the housing 10 includes a base plate 22 that can be mounted to a wall surface or the like adjacent to a portion from which the fiber optic cable 12 and the wire cables 14 they extend. A left fiber optic storage ring 24 and a right fiber optic storage ring 26 are attached to the base plate 22 and spaced from each other. The left and right storage rings 24 and 26 are arranged to receive at least one meter of the optical fibers 16 in the fiber optic cable 1 1, so that the optical fibers extend into the housing 10 and wrap around one or both of the left and right storage rings in a selected waste pattern. The left and right storage rings 22 and 24 are disposed on the base to allow the optical fibers 16 wrapped around them to extend away from the respective left or right storage ring substantially and tangentially towards the storage ring or to be attached to the storage rings. 18 fiber optic adapters without excessive flexing of the optical fibers within the housing. An elongated outer guide 28 is attached to the base plate 22 outside the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 to prevent the optical fibers 16 from unwinding from the left and right storage rings. A module mounting frame 30 is attached to a front edge portion 32 of the base plate 22 forward of the outer guide 28. The module mounting frame 30 removably receives reconfigurable connection modules 34 that selectively receive the adapters from fiber optic 18, electrical connectors 20 or other telecommunication connection members. The housing 10 receives and stores a shorter portion of the wire cable 14 therein, so that the wire cable extends into the housing and directly into the electrical connector 20 in one of the connection modules 34. The housing 10 includes a cover 36 that is removably connected to the base plate 22 to define a substantially enclosed interior area 38 of the housing, with the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 contained therein. The cover 36 covers and protects the optical fibers 16, the fiber optic adapters 18, the wire cables 14, the electrical connectors 20 and any other telecommunication cable and connection members contained within the housing 10. The housing 10 receives the fibers 16 and the wire cables 14 in the interior area 38 through the base plate 22, as an example, when the telecommunication cables are routed through the walls or separations and to exit the separation adjacent to the rear side of the accommodation. When the optical fibers 16, the wire cable 14, and the other telecommunication cables extend towards the housing 10 in a surface-mounted conduit or the like in the office or house, the cables enter the interior area 38 of the housing 10 to through disconnecting duct channel openings 40 in a selected side of the cover 36. As best seen in Figures 1 and 2, the base plate 22 of the illustrated embodiment is a flat, generally rectangular member having a perimeter defined by the front edge portion 32, a back edge portion 42 opposite the front edge portion, a left edge portion 44 and a right edge portion 46 extending between the front and back edge portions. The left and right storage rings 24 and 26 are side by side on the base plate 22, the left storage ring being closer to the left edge portion 46, and the right storage ring being closer to the portion right edge 46. Each of the left and right storage 24 and 26 are substantially cylindrical, continuous members, having a bottom edge 48 (Figure 1) connected to an upper surface 50 of the base plate 22. The rings left and right storage devices 24 and 26 each project upwards from the bottom edge 48, away from the upper surface 50 and end at an upper edge 52 separated from the upper surface. The left storage ring 24 has a left cylindrical substantially external guide surface 54 configured and sized to couple the wrapped optical fibers 16 around the left storage ring and to prevent the optical fibers from being wound around it with a bending radius that is less than a minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm. The right storage ring 26 has a substantially cylindrical right external guide surface 56 configured and sized to couple the optical fibers 16 wrapped around it to prevent the optical fibers from being wrapped with a bending radius that is less than the radius of minimum bending of 2.99 cm. If an optical fiber 16 is flexed or rolled up with a bending radius that is less than the minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm, the optical signal traveling through the optical fiber will experience excessive signal attenuation losses that will probably exceed a predetermined loss of attenuation provision for the particular fiber optic cabling system. Accordingly, the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, each have a radius that is equal to or greater than 2.99 cm. The left and right storage rings 24 and 26 are separated from one another to define a transverse junction 58 therebetween which receives the optical fibers 16 as the optical fibers extend between the left and right storage rings. The arrangement of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 and the transverse junction 58 allow the optical fibers 16 to be wrapped in a group of address patterns to ensure that an end portion of a selected optical fiber is distributed substantially and tangentially away from one of the selected rings of the left or right storage rings, over the external gages 28, and towards the fiber optic adapter 18 without flexing beyond the minimum bending radius. As an example, the optical fibers 16 enter the housing 10 and a pair of the optical fibers are wrapped in a number 8 configuration around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, where the optical fibers extend around the surface left outer guide 60 in a first direction, such as a clockwise direction as seen in Figure 1, for a plurality of turns, and the optical fibers extend through the transverse junction 58 and around the right outer guide surface 56 in an opposite direction, so that they are counter-clockwise as seen in Figure 1. Alternatively, each optical fiber 16 can be wrapped around one of the rings left or right storage 24 or 26 in a single coil, or around both left and right storage rings in an elliptical pattern without passing through the trans union versal 58 to achieve the desired distribution pattern of the optical fibers 16 from the storage rings to the selected fiber optic adapter 18 in the module mounting frame 30. Each of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 of the illustrated embodiment are sized to receive at least one meter of up to six optical fibers 16 from the fiber optic cable 12. One meter of the fiber optic cable 12 allows a portion of the selected optical fiber 16 to be extended outside the housing 10 to allow a user to work with the free end of the optical fiber away from the housing, such as on the floor or a work surface, when performing the relatively delicate operation of attaching the optical fiber to the fiber optic connector. Additional telecommunication cabling can be stored in the housing for use if the configuration of the multimedia ports is subsequently changed after an initial configuration of the housing 10. As best seen in Figure 1, the outer guide 28 is attached to an edge 60 to the upper surface 50 of the base plate 22, and terminates at an upper edge 62 which is generally coplanar with the upper edge 52 of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. The outer guide 28 is spaced around of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 and adjacent to the transverse junction 58. The outer guide 28 is a substantially continuous wall member having an internal guide wall surface 64 that faces inwardly and extends around the left and right fiber rings 24 and 26. The inner guide wall surface 64 is separated from the left and right storage rings echo 24 and 26 and separated from the transverse junction 58 to define an optical fiber path 66 therebetween which is dimensioned to receive the optical fibers 16 as they wrap the left and right storage rings and through the transverse junction in the pattern of selected distribution. The optical fibers 16 are axially rigid fibers that are biased away from a coiled or flexed configuration, such that an unrestrained, coiled optical fiber will generally unwind towards a very large radius of curvature, the size of which depends on the fiber characteristics particular. Accordingly, the optical fibers 16 seek to be wound when they are in the optical fiber path 66 and wrap around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. The internal guide wall surface 64 couples the optical fibers 16 in the path fiber optic 66 and prevents them from unwinding inside the housing 10.

Each of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 have a plurality of internal retaining tabs 68 which are attached at one end to the upper edge 52 of the respective storage ring, and the internal retaining tabs project radially outwardly on a portion of the optical fiber path 66. The internal retaining tabs 68 are sized to extend over the optical fibers 16 as they wrap around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 to prevent the optical fibers from moving away from the optical fibers. the base plate 22 and out of the fiber optic path 66. In the illustrated embodiment, the internal retention tabs 68 extend toward the outer guide 28 and terminate at a free end 70 that is spaced apart from the outer guide to allow that the optical fibers 16 move towards the base plate 22 and towards the fiber optic path 66 when the fibers are wrapped around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. External retaining tabs 72 are connected to the outer guide 28 at the upper edge 62 and project onto a portion of the optical fiber path 66. The outer retention tabs 72 are spaced between the adjacent internal retaining tabs 68 and terminate at a free end 74. The free end 74 is separated from the upper edge 52 of the nearest left or right storage loop., 24 and 26. To provide an area through which the optical fibers 16 pass n when they are wrapping around the left and right storage rings. As best seen in Figures 1 and 2, the outer guide 28 has a front curved section 76 positioned between the front edge portion 32 of the base plate 22 and the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, and the cross section. The front curve extends between the left and right storage rings and adjacent the transverse junction 58. The outer guide 28 also has a back curved section 78 opposite the front curved section 76 and between the rear edge portion 42 of the back plate. base 22 and the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. The front and rear curved sections 76 and 78 extend inward toward the transverse junction 58 and each other in order to define a curved path transition portion 80 of the external guide 28 between the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. In the illustrated embodiment, the optical fiber path 66 has a generally consistent width at about 70% of each u not of the fiber storage rings 24 and 26 before the optical fiber path extends to the transverse junction 58 adjacent to the path transition portion 80. This configuration of the optical fiber path 66 retains the optical fibers 16 with a generally consistent bending radius to provide a moderate transition through the transverse ion 58. The curved path transition portion 80 also has a curvature with one or more spokes that is greater than the minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm to avoid excessive bending of the optical fibers 16 which extend along the curved path transition portion. As best seen in Figures 1 and 3, the module mounting frame 30 is integrally attached to the front edge portion 32 of the base plate 22 and extends upwardly away from the base plate. The module mounting frame 30 has three module-side openings; a left module opening 86, a central module opening 88 and a right module opening 90 that removably receives one of the respective connection modules 34. In the illustrated embodiment, the left module 92 has a pair of fiber optic adapters 18 side by side therein, is positioned in the left module opening 86, and the optical apertures extend inward toward the interior area 38 toward the left storage ring 24. A central module 94 having a pair of electrical connectors 20, such as telephone connections, is placed in the central module opening 88, and the electrical connectors extend inward toward the transverse junction 58. A right module 96 having a pair of optical adapters 18 therein, is positioned in the right module aperture 90, and the optical adapters extend inward towards the right storage ring 26. Accordingly, the housing 10 illustrated having, as an example, six multimedia ports, four fiber optic adapters 1 8, each one connected to a respective optical fiber 16, and two connect Electric cables 20 connected to the wire cables 14. The left, middle and right modules 92, 94 and 96, respectively, are placed in the module mounting frame 30 to be connected to the respective optical fiber 16 or wire cable 14 to a height above the base plate 22, such that the optical fibers extend from the optical fiber path 66 and the outer guide 28 without touching or only slightly touching the upper edge 62 of the curved section of the antenna 76 of the external guide. In alternative embodiments, the housing 10 is adapted to receive four to twelve multimedia ports. The housing 10 is easily reconfigurable for different combinations of multimedia ports and telecommunication cables by replacing or rearranging the connection modules 34 and the connection members therein and joining the connection members to the respective telecommunication cable. Each of the fiber optic adapters 18 and the electrical connectors 20 are partially supported within an interior area 38 of the housing 10 rearwardly of the mounting frame 30 through a pair of support rails 98 projecting upwards from the base plate 22. In another alternative embodiment, not illustrated, the central module 94 has an optical fiber adapter 18 therein, and the rear end of the optical fiber adapter, which receives a selected optical fiber 19, is placed at a height relative to the base plate 22 that is higher than the upper edge 62 of the forward curved section 76 of the outer guide. The optical fiber 16 wrapped around one or both of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 extends substantially tangentially away from the storage rings either left or right at the transverse junction 58, on the upper edge 62 of the front curved section 74 of the outer guide and is attached to the selected fiber optic adapter 18 without the fiber optic flexing at a radius that is less than the minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm. The height of the fiber optic adapter 18 is such that the optical fiber 16 does not touch the upper edge 62 of the front curved section 74 of the outer guide or rests only lightly on the supporting edge. In an alternative embodiment not shown, an access opening is provided in the front curved section 76 of the outer guide 28 to provide direct access to the fiber optic adapter 18 in the central module 94 in the mounting frame 30 so that the fiber selected optics 16 extends therethrough instead of going over the upper edge 62 of the outer guide In the illustrated embodiment, the outer guide 28 is a substantially continuous structure with the right and left path openings in it to provide access in and out of the fiber optic path 66. In an alternative mode not shown, the outer guide 28 comprises a plurality of collateral projections with spaces therebetween, providing a fence type configuration around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. In another alternative embodiment not shown, the outer guide 28 comprises a plurality of pin members projecting away from the base plate 22 and selectively spaced around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 in order to provide sufficient retention of the optical fibers 16 around the left and right storage rings. As best seen in Figures 1 and 2, the base plate 22 has a cable access opening 104 between the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, and the fiber access opening communicates with the transverse junction 58 The cable access opening 104 is sized to receive the optical fibers 16 therethrough, for example, when the base plate 22 is mounted to a wall surface or the like on a conventional electrical box within the wall that receives the telecommunication cables directed through the wall. The cable access opening 104 receives the optical fibers 16 therethrough directly to the transverse junction 58, and the optical fibers are selectively wrapped around one or both of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 in a distribution pattern selected to terminate in a selected fiber optic adapter 18. Cable access aperture 104 is also sized to receive wire cables 14, which are copper wire cables, or other telecommunication cable through of them if the office or home wiring configuration does not include a fiber optic cable 12. As best seen in Figure 2, the cable access opening 104 has a front left portion 106 adjacent to the left storage ring. 24 and the front curved section 76 of the outer guide, so that the front left portion communicates with the optical fiber path 66 so that the The optical fibers 16 extend directly into the fiber optic path to provide a moderate passage to the fiber optic path without first passing through the transverse junction 58. The cable access aperture 104 has a right front portion 108 adjacent to the optical fiber path. right storage ring 26 and the front curved section 76 of the external guide, so that the right front portion communicates directly with the optical fiber path 66 to allow the optical fibers 16 to extend through the access opening of cable and directly to the fiber optic path. The cable access opening 104 in the base plate 12 further includes a left rear portion 10 that extends under a portion of the left storage ring 24 and communicates with the internal area of the left storage ring. Similarly, the cable access opening 104 has a right rear portion 1 12 that extends under a portion of the storage ring ring 26 and communicates with the internal area of the right storage ring. Each of the left and right rear portions 1 10 and 1 12 of the access opening 104 are sized to receive the copper wire cable 14 or other communication cable therethrough so as to extend through the area internal of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, respectively. The copper wire cable 14 extends over the upper edge 52 of the respective left or right storage ring 24 or 26, above the optical fiber path 66, on the upper edge 62 of the front curved section 76 of the guide external, and connects to the electrical connector 20 in the central module 94. Accordingly, the optical fibers 16 extend through the cable access opening 104 between the left and right storage ring 24 and 26, and the copper wire cables 14 extend through the left and right storage ring, so that the optical fibers and the copper wire cables are separated from one another to avoid interference entanglement. As best seen in Figures 1 and 3, a cover alignment guide 1 14 is attached to the base plate 22 substantially around its perimeter, and the cover alignment guide is connected to the opposite ends of the cover frame. assembly 30. The cover alignment guide 1 14 has a plurality of cable access openings 1 16 spaced around the base plate 22. The cable access openings 1 16 are positioned to correspond to the channel disconnections of the cable. connection 40 on the cover 36. When the housing 10 is mounted to a wall or the like and the telecommunication cables are directed towards the housing in one or more conduits mounted on the surface, a selected connection channel disconnect 40 is removed from the side of the cover 34, and the fiber optic cable 12 and the copper wire cables 14 or another telecommunication cable, extend through the cover, through the access opening cable 1 16 and towards the interior area 38 of the housing 10. As best seen in Figures 1 and 2, the cable access openings 1 16 in the external guide 28 includes a left front path opening 100 on the left side of the front curved section 76 which provides access to the optical fiber path 66 through the external guide at a position generally between the left storage ring 24 and the left module opening 86 in the mounting frame 30. The external guide 28 also has a right front path opening 102 on the right side of the front curved section 76 that provides access to the optical fiber path 66 in a position generally between the right storage ring 26 and the right module opening 90 in the mounting frame 30. The cable access openings 1 16 in the cover alignment guide 1 14 include a left side access opening 1 18 along the length of the left edge portion 44 of the base plate 22, a right side access opening 120 along the right edge portion 46 of the base plate, a left, right access opening 122 along the portion of right edge 42 adjacent to the left rear corner of the base bale, and a right rear access opening 124 along the rear edge portion 42 adjacent to the right rear corner of the base plate. The left side access opening 118 is aligned with the left front path opening 100 in the external guide 28, so that the optical fibers 16 entering the housing 10 from the left side extend through the left side access opening and towards the fiber optic path 66 substantially tangentially towards the left storage ring 24. Accordingly, the optical fibers 16 do not flex with a radius less than the minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm as the optical fibers enter. to the optical fiber path 66. The right side access opening 120 in the cover alignment guide 1 14 is aligned with the front right path opening 102 in the external guide 28. The optical fibers 16 entering the housing 10 from the right side extend through the right side access opening 120 and the right front path opening 102 towards the path fiber optic citation 66 substantially tangential to! right storage ring 26 without flexing at a radius less than the minimum bending radius of 2.99 cm. The left rear access opening 122 in the cover alignment guide 1 14 is adjacent to a left rear fiber path 130 in the outer guide 28 to allow the optical fibers 16 to enter the optical fiber path 66 substantially tangentially with the left storage ring 24 without excessive bending of the optical fibers as they are selectively wrapped around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. The right rear access opening 124 in the cover alignment guide 1 14 is adjacent to a right rear fiber path opening 132 in the external guide 28 to allow the optical fibers 16 to enter the fiber optic path. 66 substantially tangentially to the right storage ring 26 without excessive flexing of the optical fibers as they wrap around the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. As best seen in Figure 2, an immobilized projection 200 is attached to the base plate adjacent to each of the cable access openings 1 16. The immobilized projections are adapted to removably receive a fastener 202 which is connected to a selected fiber optic cable 12, or another cable, to secure the cable in place in relation to the base plate. The fasteners 202 are typically easily replaceable plastic strips for adapting the reconfiguration of the wiring extending into the housing 10. As best seen in Figure 3, a connector support platform 134 is placed inside each of the left storage rings and right 24 and 26. The connector support platform 134 removably receives a conventional electrical connector, such as a balance connection 136 from Leviton 1 10 or another insulation displacement connecting device that is connected to the copper wire cable. shown in the faded lines. The connector support platform 134 retains the jump connection 136 in a generally fixed and stable position above the base plate 22 so that a user installing the copper wire 14 on the jump connection can use both hands to place the cables on the connection and manipulate a drilling tool, thus ensuring that an appropriate connection is obtained. As best seen in Figures 3 and 4, each connector support platform 134 has a platform portion 138 that is supported above the base plate 22 through side walls 140 extending therebetween. The upper platform portion 138 is generally coplanar with the upper edge 52 of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 (Figure 3). In the preferred embodiment, one side of the upper platform portion 138 is integrally connected to the respective left or right storage rings 24 or 26, so that a portion of the respective left or right storage rings acts as a side wall of Support the connector support platform to increase strength and stability. The upper platform portion 138 has a conventional fastener receiving area 140 adjacent the upper edge 52 of the storage ring and a retaining groove 142 radially inwardly from the fastener receiving area. The fastener receiving area 140 is configured and dimensioned to removably receive a retaining clip 144 on the anchoring of the jump connection 136, and the retaining groove 142 is dimensioned to removably receive a support rail 146 on the bottom of the jump connection. The upper platform portion 134 supports the jump connection 136 in an elevated position above the base plate 22, so that the connection is easily accessible to a user during the wire connection procedure. The connector support platform 134 provides a stable surface against which the jump connection 136 rests when, as an example, the drilling tool terminates the copper wires at the IDC connections on the jump connection. After the copper wire cable 14 is connected to the respective jump connection 136, the connection is removed from the connector support platform 134 and, for example, the connection is installed in the central module 94 which is in the central module opening 88 in the mounting frame 30. The copper wire cable 14 has a length l imitated, so that, after the copper wire cable is attached to the jump connection 136 and the connection of jump is placed by jump in the central module 94, substantially no excess copper wire cable is stored inside the housing 10. The support rails 98 also provide a structure against which the electrical connector 20 can be supported when the cable 14 wire is finished during the installation procedure. As an example, the copper wire cable 14 can be connected to the jump connection 136 when the jump connection is in a connection module 34 which is placed in the module mounting frame 30. The copper wire cable 14 is compressed in the I DC connections on the jump connection 136, and the support rails 98 support the jump connection to prevent the connection and the module from moving towards the base plate 22 and twisting inside the module frame. In the preferred embodiment, the base plate 22 and the components attached to the base plate, such as left and right storage rings 24 and 26, the outer guide 28, the mounting frame 30, the cover alignment guide 1 14, the connector support platforms 134 and the connector support rails 98 are constructed of a substantially rigid molded plastic, and all of these components are substantially and integrally connected to the base plate to provide a molded plastic bottom portion, housing unit 10 that removably receives cover 36 therein. As best seen in Figure 1, the cover 36 is retained on the base plate 22 through a cover closing tab 150 integrally attached to the cover alignment guide 114 extending along the right edge portion. 42 of the base plate, and through a pair of cover retaining tabs 152 integrally attached to the cover alignment guide extending along the left edge portion 44 of the base plate. The cover closing tab 150 and the cover retaining tabs 152 project outward in opposite directions away from the cover alignment guide 1 14. The cover closing tab 150 and the cover retaining tabs 152 releasably couple the cover 36, for the purpose of retaining the cover in a position of coverage on the base plate with the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 being covered and the telecommunication components within the housing 10 being protected therebetween. As best seen in Figure 1, the cover 36 includes a top plate portion 154 spaced from the base plate 22 when the cover is in the cover position, and an elongate cover side wall 156 that extends substantially around the base. perimeter of the upper plate portion. The cover side wall 156 has a frame receiving opening 158 which receives the module mounting frame 30 therein, so that the interior area 38 of the housing 10 has access when the cover 36 is in the cover position a through the left, center and right module openings 86, 88 and 90 of the module mounting frame.

The cover side wall 156 includes a left side portion 160 that extends adjacent a portion of the front edge portion 32 of the base plate away from the frame receiving opening 158 and the left side of the mounting frame 30 when the cover is in the hedging position. The cover side wall 156 extends around the left corner of the cover 36 along a left side panel 162 and around the left corner of the cover. As best seen in Figure 5, the left side panel 162 has a pair of retention tab depressions 164 therein positioned to removably receive the cover retention tabs 152 on the cover alignment guide 1 14. The depressions retaining tab 164 extend only partially through the left side panel 162 from an inner surface 166 to an outer surface 168, so that the retaining tab depressions 164 are not visible from outside the housing 10 when the cover is in the hedge position. Each of the retaining tab depressions 164 receives one of the cover retaining tabs 142, and the cover retaining tabs are positioned to lock the left side panel 162 of the cover 36 of the upward movement away from the base plate. , thus retaining the left side of the cover in the coverage position. As best seen in Figures 1 and 6, the cover side wall 156 has a right side portion 170 generally opposite the left side portion 160 (Figure 1). The right side portion 170 extends from the right side of the frame receiving opening 158 adjacent a short length of the front edge portion 32 of the base plate, the front right corner of the cover 36 along a right side panel 172 and around a right rear corner of the deck. The right side portion 170 is connected to the left side portion 160 through a rear side panel 174 along the rear of the cover 36 and the frame receiving space extends between the left and right side portions a length of the front edge portion 32 of the cover. The right side panel 172 has a lock tab opening 174 extending through the right side panel so as to be visible to the user when the cover 36 is in the cover position. The closing tab opening 174 removably receives the cover closing tab 150 when the cover is in the covering position. The right side panel 172 has an outer tab receiving shelf structure 176 that is visible to a user when the cover is in the cover position. The shelf structure 176 extends around the closing tab opening 174, so that the cover closing tab 150 extends towards the shelf structure. The shelf structure 176 includes a lower member 178 that extends below the cover closure tab 150 when the cover 36 is in the cover position to engage the cover closure tab and prevent the right side portion 170 from move upward away from the base plate 22. The front end of the right side portion 170 adjacent the module mounting frame 30 is a free end that is sufficiently close to the front right corner of the cover 36, so that when the cover is in the covering position the right side panel 172 moves relative to the base plate 22 and the cover closing tab 150. As best seen in Figure 6, the right side panel 172 moves between a closed position, inward, shown in solid lines, and a released, outward position, illustrated in faded lines in Figure 6. In the closed position, inward, the cover closing tab 150 extends through the closure tab opening 174 in the right side panel 172 and towards the shelf structure 176 of the cover. As the right side panel 172 moves toward the released outward position, the shelf structure 176 moves away from the cover closing tab 150 and the alignment guide 14 until the cover retaining tab is released. of the closing tab opening 174 and the lower member 178 of the shelf structure. Accordingly, the cover can be raised up away from the base plate 12 to expose the base plate and the left and right storage rings. The cover 36 moves from the open position to the cover position by placing the left side panel 1 62 adjacent the base plate 22 so that the cover retaining tabs 142 are placed within the retention tab depressions 164. in the left side panel. The right side panel 172 then moves down towards the base panel 22 and the cover closing tab 150 is compressed against an inclined bottom surface 180 of the lower member 178 of the shelf structure 176 (Figure 6) for the purpose of causing the shelf structure and the right side panel 172 to flex and move outward towards the released external position until the cover closure tab 150 is aligned with the closure tab opening 174. The right side panel 172 then it is placed by jumping in the closed position, inwardly with the cover closing tab 150 within the closing tab opening 174 and within the shelf structure 176, the cover 36 thereby being releasably on the base plate 22. in the hedge position. As best shown in Figure 1, the cover 36 can be locked on the base plate 22 through a fastener 182 which extends through a closure opening 184 in the cover and is screwed into a screw flange of the cover. coaxially aligned safety 181 integrally connected to the base plate. Accordingly, the fastener 182 provides a second closing feature for retaining the cover 36 in the covering position. The closure opening 184 and the fastener 182 are covered by an information strip 186 that is removably connected to the upper plate portion plate 154. The information strip is, for example, paper, plastic, or the like with the In order to display a selected or similar message or design along the top plate of the cover. As best seen in Figures 2 and 7, the housing 10 includes a splice tray platform 204 removably attached to the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, and the splice tray platform extends over the transverse junction 58 The splice tray platform 204 has a support fastener 206 having an inverted, generally U-shaped cross section. The support fastener 206 has a band portion 208 extending between the top edges 52 of the spline rings. left and right storage 24 and 26 and on the transverse junction 58. The web portion has a longitudinal axis 209 extending through the cross section. The left and right retention tips 210 and 212, respectively, are attached to the outer ends of the band portion 208. The left retention tip 210 extends towards the inner area of the left storage ring 24 and engages the wall surface 214 of the left storage ring. The right retaining tip 212 extends into the interior area of the right storage ring 26 and engages the inner wall surface 216 of the right storage ring. The left and right retention tips 210 and 212 securely support the splice tray platform 206 on the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. The splice tray platform has a splice tray 218 attached to the splice portion 218. band 208. The junction tray 218 has a plurality of fiber retention slots 220 that are oriented approximately at an angle of 45 ° relative to the longitudinal axis 209 of the band portion 208. Accordingly, the fiber retention slots 220 are generally aligned with optical fibers 16 extending between the left and right storage ring 24 and 26 through the transverse junction 58. The fiber retention slots 220 in the splice tray 217 each it has a substantially circular transverse shape, and each of the slots is dimensioned to removably receive a splice sleeve 224 in a generally fixed position relative to the left and right storage rings 24 and 26. The splice sleeve 224 receives in the same the ends of two optical fibers 16 in an end-to-end arrangement, and the splice sleeve is then fixed to the optical fibers to form a splice between them. Accordingly, the splice tray 218 of the splice pad platform 204 provides a platform for holding the optical fibers and the splice sleeve to facilitate the user in the exact splicing of the two optical fibers 16. In the preferred embodiment, the fastener Support 206 is a plastic unit that is easily and quickly placed by jumping in place over the left and right storage rings 24 and 26, and is easily and quickly removed from the storage rings. In an alternative embodiment, not shown, the left and right ends 210 and 212 extend downward from the upper edge 52 of the left and right storage rings 24 and 26 and are partially wrapped below the lower edge 48 of the storage ring respective to securely hold the splice tray platform 204 over the storage rings. Since various embodiments of this application have been described for illustrative purposes, the claims are not limited to the embodiments described herein. The equivalent devices can be replaced by those described, which operate with the principles of the present invention and thus fall within the scope of the claims. Therefore, it is expressly understood that the modifications and variations and equivalents thereof made to the multimedia connection housing can be practiced as long as they remain within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.

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1. - A housing of the type for receiving optical fibers thereon, the optical fibers can be connected to connectors, the optical fibers having a minimum bending radius to avoid degeneration of the signal in the optical fibers, comprising: a base; a first fiber storage guide attached to the base and having first portions of fiber support surface arranged to define a curvature with a radius of curvature that is greater than the minimum bending radius, the first fiber storage guide being dimensioned to receive the optical fibers around them to prevent the optical fibers from flexing with a bending radius that is less than the minimum bending radius; and a second fiber storage guide attached to the base and having second fiber support surface portions arranged to define a curvature with a radius of curvature that is greater than the minimum bending radius, the second fiber storage guide being dimensioned to receive the optical fibers around it to prevent the optical fibers from flexing with a bending radius that is less than the minimum bending radius, the first and second fiber storage guides being separated one from the other with a transverse junction between them, the first and second fiber storage guides being positioned to allow the optical fibers to be selectively wound around the portions of the first and second fiber storage guides to pass through the transverse junction, and to extend between the first and second fiber storage guides without flexing at a radius that is less than the minimum bending radius.

2. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the base has an optical fiber access opening therein exterior to the first and second fiber storage guides, the fiber optic access opening is dimensioned to receive optical fibers through it to allow optical fibers to pass through the base.

3. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the base has an optical fiber access opening therein communicating with the transverse junction, the fiber optic access opening being dimensioned to receive the optical fibers to through it to allow the optical fibers to pass through the base and into the transverse junction.

4. The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a plurality of retention tabs attached to the first and second fiber storage guides and projecting away from the first and second fiber storage guides on the base, the retaining tabs being spaced from the base to allow the optical fibers to pass therethrough.

5. - The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a connector support platform attached to the base, the connector support platform being configured to removably support one of the selected connectors in a generally fixed position relative to the base and the first fiber storage guide.

6. The housing according to claim 5, wherein the first storage guide terminates in an upper edge portion spaced from the base, and the connector support platform has a platform portion adjacent to the upper edge portion. .

7. The housing according to claim 5, wherein the connector support platform is within the first fiber storage guide.

8. The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes external guides selectively spaced around the first and second fiber storage guides and spaced far from the transverse junction, the outer guides have spaces between them to receive the optical fibers. so that the optical fibers pass through them.

9. The housing according to claim 8. wherein the outer guides have curved portions, one of the curved portions is adjacent to the transverse junction, the curved portion having a radius of curvature that is greater than the minimum bending radius of the optical fibers.

10. The housing according to claim 8, wherein the external guides have two curved portions on opposite sides of the transverse joint, the two curved portions extending toward the transverse joint, each of the curved portions having a radius of curvature which is greater than the minimum bending radius of the optical fibers.

The housing according to claim 8, wherein the optical fibers extend substantially and tangentially towards the first and second fiber storage guides, the openings between the external guides being positioned to receive the optical fibers through the same as the optical fibers extend substantially and tangentially towards one of the first and second storage guides without the optical fibers flexing at a radius that is less than the minimum bending radius.

12. - The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a cable access opening within the first storage guide, the cable access opening being dimensioned to receive a wire cable therethrough.

13. The housing according to claim 1. characterized in that it includes a fiber splice support extending between the first and second fiber storage guides positioned and positioned separately from the base adjacent to the transverse junction.

14. - The housing according to claim 13, wherein the fiber splice support is removably connected to the first and second storage guides.

15. The accommodation according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a fiber splice support coupled to the base and placed to support portions of the two optical fibers during a splicing process to join the two optical fibers together.

16. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the first support portions are arranged with a ring shape.

17. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the first fiber support portions define a first fiber storage ring, and the second fiber support portions define a second fiber storage ring.

18. The housing according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a cover coupled to the base to cover the base and the first and second fiber storage guides.

19. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the base has a side edge portion and a connector receiving portion for the side edge portion.

20. The housing according to claim 1, wherein the base is a generally flat base plate having an inner portion, a first side portion, a second lateral portion opposite the first side portion, and third and fourth portions opposite sides extending between the first and second side portions, the first, second, third and fourth side portions being interconnected and extending around the inner portion, the first and second fiber storage guides are the first and second fiber storage rings , respectively, attached to an inner portion of the base plate and projecting away from the base plate, the first and second fiber storage rings being separated one from the other to define the transverse connection between them, the first and second rings of fiber storage being sized to store a portion of the optical fibers around thereof, and further includes: a module frame attached to the third side portion of the base plate and projecting away from the base plate, the module frame having a plurality of openings therein sized to receive the module removably of cable connector in it; a first cover alignment guide attached to the first side portion of the base plate and projecting away from the base plate, the first cover alignment guide having a cover closure tab projection therefrom; a second cover alignment guide attached to the second portion of the base plate, the second cover alignment guide having a cover retaining tab projection therefrom; and a cover removably attached to the base plate, the cover having a generally planar top panel separated from the base plate, a first wall panel projecting from the top panel towards the first side portion of the base plate, a second panel wall projecting from the top panel towards the second side portion of the base plate, and a third wall panel projecting from the top panel towards the third side portion of the base plate, the third wall panel having an elongated receiving area thereon extending substantially adjacent to the first wall portion toward the second wall portion, the elongated receiving area being configured and sized to receive a portion of the mounting frame therein, the first wall panel can be moved relative to the first cover alignment guide between a closed position and a released position, the first wall panel having a closure receiving member thereon with an opening of closure extending therethrough, the closure receiving member removably retaining the closure tab in the closure opening when the first wall portion is in the closed position, and the closure tab being away from the receiving member. closing and outside the closing depression when the first wall portion is in the released position, the second portion of wall having an inner surface facing towards the second cover alignment guide and an external surface facing away from the second alignment guide, the second wall portion having a tongue depression extending therein partially through the wall. the second wall portion from the inner surface towards the outer surface, the tab depression terminating within the external surface, the tab depression releasably receiving the retaining tab to hold the second wall portion adjacent to the second alignment guide cover as the first wall portion moves between the closed and not closed positions.

21 .- The type housing to receive optical fibers in it, the optical fibers can be connected to connectors, the connectors ending in adapters, the optical fibers having a minimum bending radius to avoid the degeneration of the signal in the optical fibers , comprising: a base having a side edge portion adapted to support the connectors and adapters along the same; a first fiber storage guide attached to the base and projecting away from the base, the first fiber storage guide having a first substantially cylindrical external guide surface with a radius that is greater than the minimum bending radius, the first surface external guide being dimensioned to receive the optical fibers around it to prevent the optical fibers from flexing with a bending radius that is less than the minimum bending radius; a second fiber storage guide attached to the base and projecting away from the base, the second fiber storage guide having a second substantially cylindrical external guide surface with a radius that is greater than the minimum bending radius, the second surface The outer guide is sized to receive the optical fibers around it to prevent the optical fibers from flexing with a bending radius that is less than the minimum bending radius, the first and second fiber storage guides being separated one from the other. the other with a transverse connection therebetween, the first and second fiber storage guides being positioned to allow the optical fibers to be selectively wound around the portions of the first and second outer guide surfaces, to pass through the joint cross section, to extend between the first and second fiber storage guides and to end ar on the side edge portion without bending at a radius that is less than the minimum bending radius; and external guides selectively spaced around the first and second fiber storage guides and spaced apart from the transverse junction, the outer guides having spaces therebetween to receive the optical fibers so that the optical fibers pass therethrough.

22. A housing of the type for receiving multimedia cables thereon, each of the multimedia cables may be connected to a copector, comprising: a base having an upper surface and first and second side portions; first and second cable storage guides attached to the upper surface of the base and projecting away from the upper surface, the first and second cable storage guides being sized to store a portion of the multimedia cables around them; a first cover alignment guide attached to the first side portion of the base and projecting away from the upper surface of the base, the first cover alignment guide having a cover closing tab projection therefrom; a second cover joining guide attached to the second side portion of the base and projecting from the upper surface of the base, the second cover alignment guide having a cover retentive tab protrusion therefrom; and a cover removably attached to the first and second cover alignment guides to cover the base, the cover having a top panel and an outer wall panel projecting from the top panel towards the base to support the top panel away from the base with the first and second storage guides between them, the outer wall panel having a closure opening extending therethrough which removably receives the closure tab therein and having a tongue depression extending only partially through of the outer wall panel, the tongue recess removably receiving the latch retaining tab, the outer wall portion having first and second end portions and the outer wall portion extending partially around the top panel and ending in the first and second portions extreme, the first and second end portions being separated one from the another to define a connector receiving area therebetween for receiving the connector, the first end portion being substantially adjacent to the first cover alignment guide and a free end portion being moved relative to the first alignment guide of the connector. cover for moving the outer wall portion adjacent to the closing opening between a closed position with a closing tab within the closing opening and a released position with a closing tab being outside the closing opening to allow the cover be removed from the base. SUMMARY A receiving type housing for telecommunication cables and multimedia connection members, wherein the housing includes a base plate with a side edge portion for holding a plurality of multimedia connection members, a first fiber storage ring optics that are attached to the base, and a second fiber optic storage ring that is attached to the base substantially side-by-side with the first optical storage guide. The first and second optical storage guides each have an external substantially cylindrical guide surface with a radius that is equal to or greater than the minimum bending radius of the optical fibers. The first and second fiber optic storage rings are separated from one another to define a transverse junction between them that is adapted to receive the optical fibers extending between the first and second fiber storage rings. An external guide wall that is selectively spaced around the first and second fiber optic storage guides for retaining the optical fibers wound around the storage rings. The outer guide walls also have apertures for receiving the optical fibers in an optical fiber path around the first and second storage rings so that the optical fibers extend substantially tangentially towards the first or second fiber optic storage ring . A connection support platform is placed in the first fiber optic storage ring and is adapted to removably receive an electrical connector in a substantially fixed position relative to the base to facilitate a cable installation procedure.