Abstract: An optical fiber management portion includes: a pivot portion that is structurally configured to rotate relative to a pivot portion receiving portion such that the optical fiber management portion is configured to pivot between a raised position and a lowered position; and a locking portion that is structurally configured to be retained by a locking portion receiving portion to retain the optical fiber management portion in the raised position. The pivot portion receiving portion may be structurally configured to be identical to the locking portion receiving portion; and the pivot portion and the locking portion may be structurally configured to cooperate to provide a positioning mechanism that may be structurally configured to hold the optical fiber management portion in the raised position so as to provide enhanced access to a second optical fiber management portion positioned underneath the optical fiber management portion.

Abstract: A connector includes a body having a central bore and a first grounding contact surface, a post disposed within the central bore and having an outwardly projecting flange configured to produce a first portion of a mating interface, and a conductive coupler. The post portion has a tubular sleeve configured to mechanically and electrically engage a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The conductive coupler has an engagement surface at a first end configured to mechanically and electrically engage an interface port, a lip at a second end configured to produce a second portion of the mating interface, and a second grounding contact surface opposing the first grounding contact surface. The first and second portions are configured to slide along the mating interface to rotate about an elongate axis of the connector. The connector includes a conductive ring disposed between the first and second grounding contact surfaces and configured to produce an electrical path between the body and the conductive coupler.

Abstract: A handheld tool for straightening a cable includes a straightening portion disposed in a housing portion. The straightening portion is configured to define a straightening path that extends in a longitudinal direction through the housing portion, and the straightening portion is structurally configured to engage a fiber cable that extends along the straightening path. The straightening portion is configured to spin freely relative to the housing portion such that the straightening portion is structurally configured to straighten a fiber cable that engages the straightening portion as the fiber cable is moved through the housing in the longitudinal direction. The housing portion is structurally configured to permit access to the straightening path from a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction in order to enhance placement of the fiber cable in the straightening path.

Abstract: A surge protector is configured to protect Ethernet equipment from an electrical surge. The surge protector includes an Ethernet cable input portion structurally configured to receive an Ethernet input cable, an Ethernet cable output portion structurally configured to receive an Ethernet output cable to connect to an Ethernet device, a ground plug portion having a dummy portion and a ground portion, and wherein the ground portion is structurally configured to connect to an electrical wall outlet so as to direct an electrical surge on the input Ethernet cable to a ground of the electrical wall outlet so as to protect equipment that is electrically connected with the output Ethernet cable from the electrical surge.

Abstract: An optical fiber cassette structurally configured to enhance fiber management in an optical fiber management system includes: a first cassette portion; and a second cassette portion structurally configured to be removably coupled with the first cassette portion. The second cassette portion is structurally configured to be coupled with the first cassette portion in different orientations; the first cassette portion is structurally configured to be coupled with an alternate second cassette portion that is structurally configured to be removably coupled with the first cassette portion; and the first cassette portion is structurally configured to alternatively and removably receive the second cassette portion and the alternate second cassette portion in a selected orientation such that the first cassette portion, the second cassette portion, and the alternate second cassette portion provide a modular system that permits customization of the cassette so as to enhance optical fiber cable connection and management.

Abstract: A connector includes: a first portion; a second portion; and a cable gripping portion. The cable gripping portion is structurally configured to allow rotation of the cable gripping portion relative to the second portion in a second rotational direction to permit tightening of the second portion to a third portion; and the cable gripping portion is structurally configured to engage the second portion to prevent the cable gripping portion from rotating relative to the second portion in a first rotational direction so as to permit a coaxial cable to be rotated relative to the cable gripping portion while inserting the coaxial cable into the connector.

Abstract: A cable connector includes: a support portion that is structurally configured to move relative to a cable gripping portion when a first connector portion moves relative to a second connector portion; an indicator portion that is structurally configured to indicate an amount of radial compression of a cable gripping portion when the second connector portion moves in an axial direction; and the indicator portion is structurally configured to provide a visual stop indicator reference point when the second connector portion moves in the axial direction and when the first connector portion is coupled with the second connector portion such that the cable gripping portion grips the cable with a predetermined amount of radial force based on an outer diameter portion of the cable so as to allow an installer to use the visual stop indicator reference point to prevent under-tightening and/or over-tightening of the connector on the cable.

Abstract: An angled coaxial cable adapter may include a housing portion structurally configured to include a first RF signal wave receiving portion and a second RF signal wave receiving portion and a conductive portion structurally configured to pass an RF signal through the first RF signal wave receiving portion and the second RF signal wave receiving portion. The first RF signal wave receiving portion may be configured to be disposed at an angle relative to the second RF signal wave receiving portion, and the conductive portion may be structurally configured to include a bend. The RF signal wave blocking portion may be structurally configured to block the first RF signal wave and the second RF signal wave from interfering with one another so as to reduce potential noise when a signal changes direction at the bend of the conductive element such that the adapter can provide an enhanced RF signal.

Abstract: A fiber optic storage module configured to be coupled with a fiber distribution hub includes a first wall and a second wall that extends from a first end of the first wall in a direction perpendicular to the first wall. The first wall includes a retaining structure configured to receive and retain a cable portion of a fiber optic cable, and the second wall includes a cutout configured to receive a dust cap coupled with a connector that terminates the fiber optic cable.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector sub-assembly a ferrule holder configured to hold a ferrule at a front portion of an optical fiber connector, a ferrule housing configured to slidingly receive the ferrule holder and configured to be coupled to an end of a fiber optic cable that includes an optical fiber, and a spring configured to be nonrotatably coupled with the ferrule holder and the ferrule housing. The spring is configured to prevent the ferrule from rotating relative to the end of the fiber optic cable while permitting the ferrule holder to slide axially relative to the ferrule housing, and the spring is configured to reduce a load on the ferrule when a load is applied to the fiber optic cable so as to prevent degradation of a signal being transmitted by the fiber.

Abstract: A pull-back fiber cable installation for multi dwelling units includes a first distribution point disposed between a first group of twelve units and a second group of twelve units, a second distribution point disposed between a third group of twelve units and a fourth group of twelve units, and a twelve fiber distribution cable optically connected to the first and second distribution points. Each fiber of the distribution cable is cut between the first and second distribution point. A first portion of the cut fiber is spliced to a first drop cable that runs to a first unit of the second group of twelve units, and a second portion of the cut fiber is spliced to a second drop cable that runs to a first unit of the third group of twelve units.

Abstract: A heat dissipating hardline connector includes a first body portion configured to support a terminal pin assembly and a second body portion configured to be coupled with the first body portion. The second body portion is configured to receive a hardline cable. The second body portion includes a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves formed in an outer surface of the second body portion to define a plurality of fin portions that are spaced apart from one another along a length of the second body portion. The annular grooves and fin portions are configured to increase the surface area of the outer surface of the second body portion to provide increased heat dissipation by the second body portion.

Abstract: A connector for connecting a fiber optic harness to a node in a manner that facilitates the feeding of the optical fibers through the connector, including: a first portion; a second portion that is structurally configured to be removably connected to the first portion; a third portion that is structurally configured to be removably connected to the first portion; and a fourth portion that is structurally configured to removably secure the second portion to the first portion. The third portion may be structurally configured to be removed from the first portion so as to allow a user to access the first portion, thereby enhancing feeding of a fiber optic cable through the first portion.

Abstract: A seal assembly for a port of an enclosure may include a first body portion that may include a sealing member, and a second body portion structurally configured to include an engagement portion. The sealing member may include a receiving portion that is structurally configured to receive a terminated cable, and the engagement portion may be structurally configured to urge a closing portion of the sealing member against the terminated cable to form a liquid-tight seal around the terminated cable when the first portion and the second portion are coupled together in a closed position.

Abstract: A coupling member for connecting two optical fiber cable trays includes: a first portion; a second portion at a first end of the first portion; a third portion at a second end of the first portion; a first tray receiving portion at the first end of the first portion; and a second tray receiving portion at the second end of the first portion. The first tray receiving portion may be configured to receive a first one of two optical fiber cable trays; the second tray receiving portion may be configured to receive a second one of the two optical fiber cable trays; and the coupling member may be configured to connect the two optical fiber cable trays together such that the two optical fiber cable trays are configured to pivot together so as to limit access to the second one of the two optical fiber cable trays.

Abstract: A connector for connecting a cable harness having a fiber optic cable to a node that is configured to enhance feeding of the fiber optic cable through the connector, including: a first portion configured to connect to a node; and a second portion configured to connect to a cable harness having a fiber optic cable. The first and second portions may be configured to allow the fiber optic cable to pass through the first and second portions; the second portion may be configured to rotate relative to the first portion between a first position and a second position; and the second portion and the first portion may be configured to provide access to an interior of the connector from an area outside of the connector when the first and second portions are in the first position so as to enhance feeding of the fiber optic cable through the connector.

Abstract: A reel enclosure includes a base and a door pivotally coupled with the base. The door is movable between a first closed position and a second open position and is configured to hold a reel at an interior surface of the door. The reel is configured to have cable wound thereon. In the first closed position, the base is configured to prevent the reel from rotating relative to the door and the base, and, in the second open position, the door is configured to hold the reel outside of an interior of the base and permit the reel to rotate relative to the door and the base.

Abstract: A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable includes a planar packaging blank extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The blank includes a middle region extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line, a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The blank is configured to be rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end.

Abstract: A retention portion configured to enable release of a cable connector from an adapter without manipulation of the retention portion or the connector by a user, includes: a first portion; and a second portion extending from the first portion. The first portion may comprise an adapter engaging portion that may engage a receiving portion of an adapter; the second portion may move a withdrawal resisting portion of a connector out of engagement with the second portion as the withdrawal resisting portion moves in a withdrawal direction relative to the first portion; and the second portion may be configured to permit the connector to be released from the adapter without manipulation of the connector by a user so as to prevent damage to the connector from the connector being pulled out of the adapter in the withdrawal direction by a force exerted on a cable connected to the connector.

Abstract: A cable system component includes a housing having a seal-grasping surface portion and a seal having an elastically deformable tubular body attached to the housing. The body has a posterior sealing surface that cooperatively engages the seal-grasping surface portion of the housing and a forward sealing surface configured to cooperatively engage an interface port. The forward sealing surface includes a radially inner facet divided into a forward portion and a rearward portion by an inner annular groove in the inner facet. The seal includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion connected by a thinned neck portion, the forward portion of the radially inner facet is on the anterior portion, and the rearward portion of the radially inner facet is on the posterior portion.