Abstract: There is disclosed an optic fiber cassette, comprising a housing, at least one cable spool, at least one retainer. The housing comprises a cable retaining surface, each of the at least one cable spool extends above the cable retaining surface, each of the at least one retainer is secured to an outer free end of a respective one of the at least one cable spool and each of the at least one retainer comprises a pair of fingers extending outwards from the central portion in order to prevent optic fibers held within the cassette from being dislodged from the cable retaining surface.

Abstract: A duplex fiber optic connector may include a cable holding portion with a first cable holding portion that holds a first fiber optic cable and a second cable holding portion that holds a second fiber optic cable. The first cable holding portion may provide a first coupling portion while the second cable holding portion provides a second coupling portion. The first cable holding portion and the second cable holding portion may provide a third coupling portion. The first coupling portion, second coupling portion, and third coupling portion may respectively slidingly receive an identifier retaining portion in different orientations such that the first, second, and third coupling portions permit selective attachment of the identifier retaining portion in the first orientation, the second orientation, or the third orientation so as to enhance fiber identification and cable management.

Abstract: A strain relief assembly comprising a support portion including a base portion, a first portion coupled with the base portion, and a second portion extending away from an end of the first portion, a strain relief portion attached to a free end of the second portion for rotation about an axis, a securing portion that moves relative to the strain relief portion between a secured position and a released position. The strain relief portion comprises a cable receiving portion arranged along the axis. The securing portion disables rotation of the strain relief member about the axis when in the secured position and enables rotation of the strain relief member about the axis when in the released position. The strain relief portion rotates about the axis between a first angled orientation and a second angled orientation through a horizontal orientation so as to enhance management of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications.

Abstract: An assembly configured to receive twisted pairs of conductors terminated by a miniplug and a pair of conductor contacts. The assembly comprises a housing comprising a first surface comprising a socket disposed therein; wherein the socket is configured to accept a plurality of miniplugs, illustratively in a 2×2 configuration, wherein pairs of socket contacts are exposed along at least one side wall of the socket and wherein the socket contacts are configured to be aligned with the conductor contacts such that each of the conductor contacts is in contact with a respective one of the socket contacts. A caddy is also provided which allows the miniplugs to be arranged in a 2×2 arrangement for subsequent insertion into a socket or the like.

Abstract: A cable spool structurally configured for attaching to a surface such as a networking equipment and to support a plurality of fiber optic cables so as to enhance management of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications disclosed. The cable spool comprises an attachment portion and a spool portion. An inner end of the attachment portion is structurally configured to be fixed to the surface. An outer end of the attachment portion is structurally configured to be free standing. The spool portion is moveable relative to the attachment portion between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A reversible fiber optic cassette for mounting in a rack comprising a cassette receiving tray, the tray comprising a plurality of cassette engaging features is disclosed. The cassette comprises a cassette body comprising optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front of thereof, a multifiber receptacle along a back thereof and a plurality of optic fiber segments each between a respective one of the optic fiber receptacles and the multifiber receptacle, and a securing component comprising a main part comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a cassette engaging part extending from the first surface for engaging with the cassette body, a tray engaging feature extending from the second surface and engageable with one of the cassette engaging features. The reversible securing component is secureable on either side of the cassette body using the cassette engaging feature.

Abstract: An assembly configured to receive twisted pairs of conductors terminated by a miniplug and a pair of conductor contacts. The assembly comprises a housing comprising a first surface comprising a socket disposed therein; wherein the socket is configured to accept a plurality of miniplugs, illustratively in a 2×2 configuration, wherein pairs of socket contacts are exposed along at least one side wall of the socket and wherein the socket contacts are configured to be aligned with the conductor contacts such that each of the conductor contacts is in contact with a respective one of the socket contacts. A caddy is also provided which allows the miniplugs to be arranged in a 2×2 arrangement for subsequent insertion into a socket or the like.

Abstract: A fiber optic cassette may be configured to receive a multifiber connector that may provide network redundancy and increased fiber density. The fiber optic cassette may have an electronic component and a fiber optic adapter portion having a port portion configured to receive a very small form factor (VSFF) connector. The port portion of the fiber optic adapter may optically couple two fibers of the VSFF connector with two optical fibers. The electronic component may optically couple the two optical fibers with a single optical fiber. The electronic component may alternatively merge optical signals from the two optical fibers to the single optical fiber or split an optical signal from the single optical fiber to the two optical fibers so as to provide network redundancy of electronic components optically coupled in parallel to the port by the VSSF connector and/or to increase fiber density of the cassette.

Abstract: A fiber cable manager may have a body portion that may couple a tray portion with a rack portion of a fiber optic patch panel. The body portion may have a cable retaining portion that may retain a cable portion such that the cable portion extends through the body portion. The body portion may have a surface portion that extends in the longitudinal direction and may have a cable receiving portion that may be urged in a direction transverse direction, from a rest position to a deformed position. The body portion may maintain the cable receiving portion in the rest position in response to a longitudinal force being applied to the body portion such that the body portion may move relative to the rack portion with the cable receiving portion in the rest position so as to enhance operation of a tray portion in a fiber optic patch panel.

Abstract: A fiber optic cassette may include a cassette portion comprising a plurality of optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front thereof and a multifiber receptacle along a back thereof opposite the first end, the front and back defining a cable assembly receiving region there between, and a plurality of optic fibers. Each of the optic fibers may be terminated at a first end by one of the receptacles and all of the plurality of optic fibers terminated at a second end the multifiber receptacle. In an embodiment, a casing may be molded over a middle portion of each of the plurality of optic fibers and received within the cable assembly receiving region. In a particular embodiment, the cassette may be reversible and may comprise a reversible securing portion that is configured to be secured on either side of the cassette portion.

Abstract: A tray for providing a plurality of different modular fiber optic cassette configurations may comprise a tray member that may support a plurality of different modular fiber optic cassette configurations in a standard U-space width. The different modular fiber optic cassette configurations may include different sizes of modular fiber optic cassettes. Each of the different sizes of modular fiber optic cassettes may support a fiber optic receptable module that may fit in a standard one width (1W) unit. The plurality of different sizes of modular fiber optic cassettes may include a 2W cassette size that may fit a standard two width (2W) unit (relative to the standard one width, (1W) unit), a 3W cassette size that may fit a standard three width (3W) unit, a 4W cassette size that may fit a standard four width (4W) unit, and/or a 6W cassette size that may fit a standard six width (6W) unit.

Abstract: A support frame configured to provide adapter-less fiber optic connections for fiber optic cables including a connection block configured to be fixedly coupled with a main body. A front wall of the main body includes a surface configured to abut a surface of the connection block, the connection block includes a connection port configured to receive a first fiber optic connector, and the front wall of the main body includes a connection port configured to receive a second fiber optic connector. The connection port of the connection block is configured to be aligned with the connection port of the main body such that the connection block and the main body are configured to optically couple the first fiber optic connector with the second fiber optic connector, and the connection block and the main body are configured to provide an adapter-less fiber optic connection for the first and second fiber optic connectors. The connection block may be a single piece of unitary construction.

Abstract: A reversible fiber optic cassette for mounting in a rack comprising a cassette receiving tray, the tray comprising a plurality of cassette engaging features is disclosed. The cassette comprises a cassette body comprising optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front of thereof, a multifiber receptacle along a back thereof and a plurality of optic fiber segments each between a respective one of the optic fiber receptacles and the multifiber receptacle, and a securing component comprising a main part comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a cassette engaging part extending from the first surface for engaging with the cassette body, a tray engaging feature extending from the second surface and engageable with one of the cassette engaging features. The reversible securing component is secureable on either side of the cassette body using the cassette engaging feature.

Abstract: An apparatus for maintaining cross talk noise in each of a plurality of different zones in a twisted conductor pair cable connector below a predetermined cross-talk threshold. The apparatus includes a first connecting zone means for electrically connecting each of a first set of contact pairs with a respective first set of conductors. The apparatus also includes a second connecting zone means for electrically connecting each of a second set of contact pairs with a respective second set of conductors. The apparatus further includes intermediate transmission zone means for electrically connecting each of the first set of contact pairs with a respective one of the second set of contact pairs. A sum of the cross talk noise in the first connecting zone, the second connecting zone, and the intermediate transmission zone is below the predetermined cross talk noise threshold.

Abstract: A bend limiter configured to prevent a fiber optic cable from bending beyond a minimum bend radius includes: a base that may extend in a longitudinal direction; first and second cable coupling portions at ends of the base; and a wall that may extend in a first direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The wall may include segmented portions and may be configured to bend until facing surfaces of adjacent ones of the segmented portions contact one another; and the length of the base and an angle of a first notch between the adjacent segmented portions may be structurally configured to permit the wall to freely bend at any angle until the facing surfaces of the adjacent segmented portions engage one another to prevent a cable received by the cable coupling portions from bending past its minimum bend radius so as to mitigate signal degradation.

Abstract: A stackable spool cable manager assembly may include a plurality of like cable manager spools. The cable manager spools may include a locking mechanism such that the cable manager spools can be stacked and such that when locked together a cable support arm of each the cable manager spools is offset from the others. A magnet may also be provided, for example, for securing to a bottom one of a stack of cable manager spools such that they can be secured to a metal tray or the like.

Abstract: A reversible fiber optic cassette for mounting with other like cassettes in a rack comprising a cassette receiving tray, the tray comprising a plurality of cassette engaging features on an upper surface is disclosed. The cassette comprises a plurality of optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front thereof, a multifiber receptacle on a back thereof and a plurality of optic fiber segments each between a respective one of the optic fiber receptacles and the multifiber receptacle, a first tray engaging feature extending from the first surface and configured for engaging with one of the cassette engaging features, a second tray engaging feature extending from the second surface and configured for engaging with one of the cassette engaging features; and a release mechanism comprising an actuator for selectively disengaging the tray engaging feature from the engaged one of the cassette engaging features.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fiber optic cassette comprising a cassette body comprising a plurality of optic fiber receptacles arranged along a front thereof and a multifiber receptacle along a back thereof opposite the first end, the front and back defining a cable assembly receiving region there between, and a plurality of optic fibers. Each of the optic fibers terminated at a first end by one of the receptacles and all of the plurality of optic fibers terminated at a second end the multifiber receptacle. In an embodiment a casing is molded over a middle portion of each of the plurality of optic fibers and received within the cable assembly receiving region. In a particular embodiment the cassette is reversible and comprises a reversible securing element which is secureable on either side of the cassette body.

Abstract: A duplex fiber optic connector may have a body portion with a cable holding portion. A connector coupling portion may couple the body portion with a body portion of a second same duplex fiber optic connector to provide a quad fiber optic connector. The cable holding portion may include a first cable holding portion a second cable holding portion that respectively hold first and second fiber optic cables. The first cable holding portion and the second cable holding portion may define a top wall portion of the body portion and a bottom wall portion of the body portion. The connector coupling portion may couple the body portion such that the bottom wall portion faces a bottom wall portion of the second same duplex connector and the second same duplex connector is prevented from being separated from the body portion in a direction away from the bottom wall portion so as to enhance installation and cable management.

Abstract: A twisted pair cable provides reduced alien crosstalk from an adjacent twisted pair cable. The twisted pair cable may include a conductor portion and an enhanced alien crosstalk mitigation portion. The enhanced alien crosstalk mitigation portion may comprise a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the enhanced alien crosstalk mitigation portion may include a folded portion folded back toward an outer surface of the enhanced alien crosstalk mitigation portion. The folded portion includes an inner fold portion and the first end portion. The inner fold portion may provide a layer of the enhanced alien crosstalk mitigation portion between the first and second end portions and the conductor portion to reduce alien crosstalk between the twisted pair cable and an adjacent twisted pair cable.