WO2024009147A1 - Module d'expansion pour équipement de protection modulaire d'organiseurs de câbles à fibre optique - Google Patents

Module d'expansion pour équipement de protection modulaire d'organiseurs de câbles à fibre optique Download PDF

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WO2024009147A1
WO2024009147A1 PCT/IB2023/050460 IB2023050460W WO2024009147A1 WO 2024009147 A1 WO2024009147 A1 WO 2024009147A1 IB 2023050460 W IB2023050460 W IB 2023050460W WO 2024009147 A1 WO2024009147 A1 WO 2024009147A1
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Paulo Alexandre Vidal Santos
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Yelco Technologies, Sa
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/444—Systems or boxes with surplus lengths
    • G02B6/4441—Boxes
    • G02B6/4442—Cap coupling boxes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4439—Auxiliary devices
    • G02B6/444—Systems or boxes with surplus lengths
    • G02B6/4441—Boxes
    • G02B6/4442—Cap coupling boxes
    • G02B6/4444—Seals

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  • the present invention falls within the field of fiber optics, more specifically an expansion module for modular protective equipment for use in fiber optic cable organizer systems.
  • Fiber optic cable storage and organization systems have been developed for this purpose. These are generally made up of cassettes where fiber optic cables are stored and organized. However, with the continued development of storage and organization systems for fiber optic cables, this equipment has evolved towards modularity, and can be increased in its storage and organization capacity for fiber optic cables. However, modular protective equipment has never been developed for these fiber optic cable storage and organization systems.
  • WO2020223473A1 With regard to fiber optic cable organizers, the invention disclosed in document WO2020223473A1 stands out.
  • This system comprises a modular chassis, to which cross members are coupled in sequence using pin-hole systems present in each cross member. Since there is no final component, an indefinite number of beams can be coupled in sequence, thus creating a completely modular system. However, the protective hood attached to it does not have the same type of modularity.
  • document EP0505104A1 discloses a fiber optic cable organizer system comprising an entry base through which cables optical fibers enter the internal structure.
  • the internal structure consists of a single cross member, which is protected by a substantially conical protective bell, substantially the same height as the internal structure and which is secured to the base via a hook.
  • This system is not modular, serving as a reference for what is common in the state of the art regarding protective hoods.
  • Documents W02022 072680A1, EP0490644A1 and WO2021022918A1 also present identical technical characteristics.
  • the present invention overcomes the prior art problem of not providing a technical solution that allows the protection bell to keep up with the increase in the number of organizer modules in a fiber optic cable organizer system without requiring its replacement. by a larger one , comprising an expansion module that is coupled to the protection bell , which allows a modular fiber optic cable organizer system to have all organizer modules equally protected , without the need for need to replace the existing bell with a larger one. Since this expansion module can be coupled to the existing protection hood or another module, it allows the organizer system to grow, with the only limit being the fixing support.
  • Figure 1 shows two views of a fiber optic cable organizer system, with and without a protective hood.
  • Figure 2 shows two views of a fiber optic cable organizer system, with an expansion ring inserted over the fiber optic organizer system.
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the protective hood of a fiber optic organizer system.
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the expansion ring of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 shows a perspective view of the present invention, with the expansion ring coupled to the protective bell and to each other.
  • M two .
  • module fixing means 1. protective hood
  • substantially is meant that the description of the shape or position of an element of the present invention is not mathematically or geometrically exact, but that the shape or position of an element of the present invention is recognized by one skilled in the art as having generally or approximately the shape or position described.
  • cylindrical we mean several possible shapes or formats for realizing the components of the invention, which can work with other shapes or formats.
  • formats can be considered as possible alternative embodiments of the elements of the present invention when suitable for the purpose: circular, triangular, parallelogram, which are considered rectangular, quadratic, diamond-shaped and trapezoidal; pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, decagonal, diamond and letter-shaped, such as the respective prism and semiprism of all previously described two-dimensional shapes, whether regular or irregular, pyramidal and spherical, among others.
  • Expansion modules for modular protective equipment for use in fiber optic cable organizers in accordance with the principles described herein may comprise any number of the features shown. Likewise, the principles described here can be applied to any protective equipment for fiber optic cable organizers.
  • the present invention refers to an expansion module (M), consisting of a body (M.1) and additionally a module fixing means (M.2), for coupling to a safety protection equipment.
  • M expansion module
  • a system of fiber optic organizers (2) namely a protective hood (1) that protects a system of organizers (2) of fiber optic cables.
  • the protective equipment of a fiber optic cable management system comprises a protective hood (1) or a protective hood (1) and at least one expansion module
  • the protective bell (1) has a shape suitable for the purpose for which it is intended, preferably having a substantially cylindrical shape, hollow and without a lower wall.
  • the protective bell (1) has at its lower end a component of a fitting mechanism complementary to the component of the fitting mechanism existing at the upper end of the cable entry base (3).
  • the locking mechanism is a screw mechanism.
  • the fixation between the protective bell (1) and the cable entry base (3) is reinforced by means of a bell fixing means (4).
  • the expansion module (M) has a shape suitable for the purpose for which it is intended, it incorporates a body (M.l) that has a shape preferably substantially cylindrical, hollow and without an upper wall or lower wall.
  • the upper end and the lower end of the body (M.l) of the expansion module (M) feature components of fitting mechanisms, which have shapes substantially complementary to the shape of the components existing at the lower end of the protection bell (1 ) and at the upper end of the cable entry base (3) .
  • the locking mechanisms are threaded mechanisms.
  • the protection hood (1) and the body (M.l) of the expansion module (M) have substantially the same horizontal dimensions in the fitting area, as the expansion module (M) must fit and be fixed to the protection hood ( 1) .
  • the fit between the expansion module (M) and the protection bell (1) is made through components of a fitting mechanism existing at the lower end of the protection bell (1) and at the upper end of the body (Ml) of the expansion module (M), and which have substantially complementary formats.
  • the fixation between the expansion module (M) and the protective bell (1) is reinforced by means of a module fixing means (M.2).
  • the fixation between the expansion module (M) and the protection bell (1) is carried out using a module fixing means (M.2).
  • the means of securing the module (M.2) is a spring clamp.
  • the means of fixing the module (M.2) is selected, in particular, but not exclusively, from among straps, cable ties, adhesives, velcro, male-female fitting systems.
  • the organizer system (2) comprises a cable entry base (3) that allows the cables to pass into the protective hood (1), so that they can be integrated into the organizer system (2).
  • the horizontal dimensions of the upper end of the cable entry base (3), the lower end of the protective bell (1) and the upper and lower ends of the body (Ml) of the expansion module (M) are substantially the same.
  • Said cable entry base (3) is coupled to the protection hood (1) or to an expansion module (M).
  • the fixation is carried out using components of a fitting mechanism existing at the upper end of the cable entry base. cables (3) and at the lower end of the protection bell (1).
  • a fitting is carried out using components of a fitting mechanism present at the upper end of the cable entry base (3) and at the lower end of the body ( Ml) of the expansion module (M).
  • the fixation between the cable entry base (3) and the protective hood (1) or between the cable entry base (3) and the expansion module (M) is reinforced by the use of a module fixing means (M.2).
  • the fixation is carried out using a module fixing means (M.2).
  • the internal structure (5) which comprises mechanisms where organizing cassette modules (6) are coupled.
  • Said organizing cassette modules (6) have slots where optical fiber organizing cassettes (7) are fixed.
  • the organizing cassette modules (6) in addition to being coupled to the internal structure (5), are attachable and stackable to each other, meaning they are equipped with any mechanism known in the art that allows the coupling and stacking of the organizing cassette modules (6). organizing cassettes (6) together.
  • the organizing cassette modules (6) are equipped with a mechanism that allows the organizing cassette modules (6) to be coupled and stacked together, it is possible to expand the organizing system (2) whenever necessary.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un module d'expansion (M) pour équipement de protection modulaire à utiliser dans des systèmes d'organisateurs de câbles à fibre optique. Le module d'expansion (M) de la présente invention est constitué par un corps (M.1) et, en outre, par un moyen de fixation du module (M.2), pour accouplement à un équipement de protection d'un système d'organisateurs de câbles à fibre optique, notamment à une coiffe de protection (1) qui protège le système d'organisateurs de câbles à fibre optique.
PCT/IB2023/050460 2022-07-06 2023-01-19 Module d'expansion pour équipement de protection modulaire d'organiseurs de câbles à fibre optique WO2024009147A1 (fr)

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