Abstract: An enclosure may include a body portion, a base portion structurally configured to be mounted to a wall portion of the body portion, a component holder portion structurally configured to be pivotally coupled with the base portion and to mountingly receive an electronic component, and a selector portion structurally configured to selectively permit relative movement between the component holder portion and the base portion. The selector portion may be structurally configured to be moved from a first position, where the component holder portion is held proximate the base portion, and a second portion, where the component holder portion is permitted to pivot away from the base portion through the range of relative movement so as to provide enhanced access to an electronic component mounted on the component holder portion.

Abstract: An optical fiber feed-through connector for optically coupling an end portion of an optical fiber cable with a non-feed-through optical fiber connector includes a feed-through duct engaging portion having a body member and a compression fitting portion configured to radially compress a portion of the body member around the free end portion of the duct and a feed-through housing portion configured to be operatively coupled to the feed-through duct engaging portion so as to allow the end portion of the optical fiber cable to be slidingly fed through the feed-through housing portion.

Abstract: A cable network system for bidirectionally communicating signals at an enhanced duplex frequency range, which may be between about 5 MHz and about 650 MHz. This system may include a first amplifier, which may be configured to condition an upstream signal proceeding from a subscriber premises to a headend, without necessarily conditioning a downstream signal proceeding from the headend to the subscriber premises, a second amplifier, which may be configured to condition the downstream signal without necessarily conditioning the upstream signal, and a shaping circuit, which may condition the upstream and downstream signals. This system also may simultaneously, or in an overlapping or offset manner, communicate signals at a full duplex frequency range without a diplex filter.

Abstract: A coupler configured to cover an exposed portion of an optical fiber in a jacketless portion of a fiber optic cable and mechanically couple the fiber optic cable with a fiber optic connector includes a cover portion that may be configured to be disposed around a fiber optic cable. A jacketless portion of the cable may extend along a length of the cable between a jacketed portion of the cable and a fiber optic connector; the cover portion may be configured to provide a mechanical connection between the cable and the fiber optic connector so as to enhance a connection of the fiber optic connector to the cable; and the cover portion may be configured to protect an exposed portion of an optical fiber that extends through the jacketless portion of the cable so as to so as to enhance a connection of the fiber optic connector to the cable.

Abstract: A fiber cable distribution panel that may be structurally configured to provide enhanced panel configurations on a mounting rack. The panel may include a main portion configured to be coupled with a mounting rack; a cable storage portion that may configured to be coupled with the main portion; a cable management portion that may be configured to be located in an interior of the cable storage portion; and a fiber connection portion that may be configured to be located in the interior of the cable storage portion. The body portion and the cable storage portion may be configured to permit the cable management portion to receive an additional slack length of a fiber optic input cable while the fiber optic input cable is coupled with the fiber connection portion so as to provide slack cable storage in the interior of the cable storage portion when relocating of the panel to a different position on the mounting rack.

Abstract: A cable retainer may be structurally configured to be coupled with a profile of a fiber distribution cabinet so as to retain a cable in the profile and maximize space in the profile. The cable retainer may include an inner retaining portion structurally configured to be received in a cable receiving portion in a profile of a fiber distribution cabinet, a neck portion extending from the inner retaining portion and structurally configured to be received in an opening through a wall portion of the profile to the cable receiving portion, an outer retaining portion structurally configured to extend from the neck portion in a direction away from the inner retaining portion. The inner retaining portion may be structurally configured to pass through the opening when disposed in a first orientation relative to the opening, and wherein the inner retaining portion is structurally configured to be prevented from passing through the opening when disposed in a second orientation relative to the opening.

Abstract: A system for communicating wireless signals over a cable network includes a wireless over cable (WoC) amplifier configured to communicate wireless frequency band signals with a modem. The system may also include a WoC splitter configured to communicate the wireless frequency band signals with the WoC amplifier directly or via one or more cables, and a WoC adapter configured to receive the wireless frequency band signals from the WoC splitter via one or more cables and transmit the wireless frequency band signals wirelessly to one or more wireless communication devices.

Abstract: A multi-fiber reel and adapter assembly includes a base, a cable reel mounted to the base, and a plurality of adapters fixedly mounted to the base. The cable reel is configured to rotate relative to the base and the adapters, and each of the adapters is configured to couple a fiber optic cable from the cable reel with a fiber optic drop cable that is configured to run from the respective adapter to a location of an end user that is remote from the assembly.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an attachment device configured to attach a conduit to a support and to relieve strain on the conduit, including: a body portion; and a protruding portion extending from the body portion. The body portion may have a first end and a second end, wherein the second end may be opposite to the first end along a length of the body portion. The protruding portion may extend from the body portion by a depth in a direction of a thickness of the body portion. The protruding portion may extend along the longitudinal direction of the body portion. The protruding portion may be structurally configured to engage a conduit to prevent movement of the conduit relative to the attachment device in a direction of a height of the attachment device so as to relieve strain on the conduit resulting from a hanging weight of the conduit.

Abstract: A node pedestal includes a box having side walls and end walls, a pedestal housing configured to be removably coupled with the box, and vertical supports adjacent each of the end walls of the box. A horizontal crossbeam extends in a longitudinal direction from one of the vertical supports to the other one of the vertical supports. The pedestal housing includes opposite end walls and a locking mechanism on each of the opposite end wall. The locking mechanisms are configured to secure the housing to the box.

Abstract: A fiber optic cable cutting tool may include a body portion structurally configured to receive a fiber optic cable, a cutting portion holding portion structurally configured to be supported by the body portion, and a sliding portion structurally configured to be slidingly received by a portion of the body portion. The cutting portion holding portion may be structurally configured to receive a biasing portion and to fixedly hold the cutting portion, and the body portion may be structurally configured to set a length of a jacket of a fiber optic cable to be cut by the cutting portion.

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 ground portion for maintaining a ground path in a coaxial cable connector includes a coupler ground contact portion configured to be biasingly maintained in contact with a rearward facing coupler surface of a coupler of a connector when the connector is assembled and during operation of connector and a post ground contact portion configured to be located rearward from the rearward facing coupler surface of the coupler of the connector so as to extend in a space formed between a forward facing body surface of a body of the connector and a rearward facing post surface of a post of the connector when the connector is assembled and when the coupler engages the interface port so as to maintain physical and electrical grounding contact with the rearward facing post surface during operation of the connector.

Abstract: A cable retainer for a port of an enclosure is configured to permit a pre-connectorized cable to be inserted into and removed from the port with a connector attached to the cable, including a cable retaining portion configured to receive a cable. The cable retaining portion comprises a cable receiving portion; the cable receiving portion comprises a cable engaging portion; the cable receiving portion is configured to align with an opening in a sealing portion so as to permit the cable to extend through both the cable receiving portion and the opening; and the cable engaging portion is configured to grip a cable that runs through a port such that the retainer limits axial movement of the cable relative to the port so as to limit tension strain on the cable.

Abstract: A cable distribution enclosure may include a body portion and a tray portion. The tray portion may be structurally configured to permit a user to configure the enclosure with a fiber optic splitter module held by a first side portion and having input and output ports extending through the access portion so as to permit preterminated fiber optic drop cables that extend to an exterior of the enclosure to be coupled with the input outport ports of the fiber optic splitter module without accessing the first side portion of the tray portion, and to alternatively configure the enclosure with an fiber optic pigtail that extends from the first side portion through the access portion to a second splice portion at the second side portion so as to permit a fiber optic drop cable that extends to an interior of the enclosure to be coupled with the fiber optic pigtail at the second splice portion without accessing the first side portion of the tray portion so as to enhance connectivity of the fiber optic enclosure.

Abstract: A network access point enclosure is configured to house a splice tray that is configured to pivot to provide increased access to opposite sides of the splice tray during assembly. The enclosure includes a base, a cover configured to be sealingly coupled with the base to form a housing, and a splice tray configured to be pivotally coupled with the base. The splice tray is configured to be pivoted between a first orientation relative to the base and a second orientation relative to the base. The splice tray is configured to form a larger angle relative to the base in the first orientation than in the second orientation, and the splice tray is configured to provide increased access to a front side of the splice tray and a rear side of the splice tray in the first orientation than in the second orientation.

Abstract: A cable holder may include a body portion, a cable receiving portion structurally configured to extend through the body portion along a longitudinal axis of the body portion, and a sealing portion structurally configured to be coupled with the body portion. The sealing portion may include an engagement portion structurally configured to extend radially inward from the body portion into the cable receiving portion so as to narrow a cross-sectional passage through the cable receiving portion. A first portion of the engagement portion may be structurally configured to sealingly engage a cable having a first outside diameter that is greater than or equal to a first diameter and less than a second diameter, and the first portion and the second portion may be structurally configured to sealingly engage a cable having a second outside diameter that is greater than or equal to the second diameter such that the cable holder is structurally configured to sealingly hold cables having different sized diameters.

Abstract: A cable marking clip for securing to a connector of a cable such that axial movement of the cable marking clip relative to the connector is prevented includes an outer portion; and an inner portion attached to the outer portion at an end. The outer portion is configured to engage a connector having strain relief grooves and the inner portion is configured to be received radially between the connector and a cable so as to prevent axial movement of the cable marking clip relative to connectors with and without strain relief grooves.

Abstract: A cable connector includes a housing, a conductive insert affixed within the housing, a first conductive plug, and a second conductive plug. The housing defines a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port. The first conductive plug and the second conductive plug are removably affixed to the housing. The first conductive plug further includes a dust cap and an insulating pin that is rotationally fixed to the dust cap. The first conductive plug provides a single structure that is configured to block moisture and engage the first center conductor against the first end of the conductive insert. Alternatively, the first conductive plug may include a dust cap, an insulator and a pin that are rotationally affixed to one another.

Abstract: A telecommunication component mounting system configured to allow mounting of different sized components, including: a first mounting portion configured to attach a telecommunication component to an enclosure; and a second mounting portion configured to attach the telecommunication component to the enclosure.