Abstract: An assembly for pulling, pushing, or blowing a plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables of a multi fiber cable through a duct includes a sleeve, a rod configured to be coupled with the sleeve, and a plurality of dust caps. The sleeve is configured to receive to be coupled with a multi fiber cable and to permit a plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables of the multi fiber cable to pass through the sleeve, and the rod includes a first end configured to be coupled with the sleeve. Each of the plurality of dust caps is configured to be coupled with a ferrule of one of the preterminated fiber optic cables, and each of the plurality of dust caps is configured to be coupled with the rod, thereby coupling the preterminated fiber optic cables with the rod.

Abstract: A modular RF apparatus includes an RF portal and an RF expansion module configured to be coupled with the RF portal. The modular RF apparatus is configured to expand the number of outputs of the RF portal by adding the RF expansion module in a manner that minimizes an increase in the spatial footprint of the modular RF apparatus while allowing easy access to all ports of the modular RF apparatus. The RF portal and the RF expansion module are configured to interlock to create an integrated functional block. The modular RF apparatus are configured to permit upgrading of the RF portal by adding the RF expansion module without disrupting existing connections to the RF portal.

Abstract: A container system for protecting a component from impact includes a container configured to contain a second container therein with a cover of the second container being adjacent to a cover of the container. An impact reducing portion is configured to extend from an outer surface of the cover of the container in a direction away from the cover of the second container; the impact reducing portion is configured to deform in response to an impact force on the impact reducing portion that is less than a minimum impact force in response to which the cover is configured to deform; and the impact reducing portion is structurally configured to prevent an impact force on the impact reducing portion that is less than the minimum impact force from being transferred to the second container so as to protect the second container and an electronic component container in the second container.

Abstract: A spark gap is configured to provide an enhanced spark over voltage. The spark gap includes a non-smooth textured substrate surface, a first conducting electrode, a second conducting electrode, a gap configured to be disposed between the first and second conducting electrodes, and a conductive material configured to be disposed in a non-continuous and irregular manner on the non-smooth textured substrate surface and in the gap between the first and second conducting electrodes, wherein the spark gap is structurally configured to provide an enhanced spark over voltage to protect any device connected to the spark gap.

Abstract: A terminal system assembly includes a base plate, a spool, an adapter module, and a spool locking washer. The base includes a spindle. The spool may be rotatingly coupled with the spindle of the base plate and to receive an input fiber cable. The adapter module may couple a fiber of the input fiber cable with a fiber of an output fiber cable. The spool locking washer may couple the adapter module with the spindle and may prevent rotation of the spool and the adapter module.

Abstract: A reel includes a first reel member and a second reel member. The first reel member includes a first barrel portion, a first flange portion, and a first hub portion, and the second reel member includes a second barrel portion, a second flange portion, and a second hub portion. The first barrel portion and the second barrel portion are configured to be coupled with one another. The first barrel portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction of the first barrel portion, and the first barrel portion, the first flange portion, and the first hub portion are portions of a first single piece structure of unitary construction.

Abstract: A cable panel rack includes: a center frame portion; and distribution cable management and bottom cable portions configured to be attached to the center frame portion. The center frame portion is configured to be attached at a first portion of the bottom cable portion when the distribution cable management portion is attached to a first side of the center frame portion, and the center frame portion is configured to be attached at a second portion of the bottom cable portion when the distribution cable management portion is attached to a second side of the center frame portion, so as to permit a user to select and/or change a configuration of the cable panel rack at an installation location without disconnecting cables from the cable panels in the center rack frame portion.

Abstract: An optical distribution box includes a base portion, a cover portion, and an engaging portion configured to be attached to a first one of the base portion and the cover portion. A second one of the base portion and the cover portion comprises an angled pathway portion; at least a portion of a seal portion is located between the angled pathway portion and the first one of the base portion and the cover portion; the angled pathway portion transitions from a first portion to a second portion; an edge portion of the engaging portion is configured to engage the first portion and the second portion of the angled pathway portion; and the slide body portion is configured to urge the cover portion toward the base portion in a location of the seal portion so as to enhance a watertight seal between the cover portion and the base portion.

Abstract: A cable reel may include a first reel portion configured to hold a bundle of cable, and a second reel portion configured to be coupled with the first reel portion and to retain the bundle of cable on the first reel portion. The second reel portion may include a first impact portion radially outward of a hub portion and a second impact portion radially outward of the first impact portion between the first impact portion and a perimeter wall of the flange portion. The second impact portion may include a radially outer wall that is configured to deflect radially inward to absorb an impact force impacting the perimeter wall at a location radially aligned with the second impact portion, and the first impact portion may include a radially outer wall that is configured to deflect radially inward to absorb an impact force impacting the perimeter wall at a location circumferentially spaced from the radially outer wall.

Abstract: A node pedestal includes a box configured to house communication system components, a housing configured to be removably coupled with the box and having opposite end walls, a pair of supports extending from the box at opposite ends of the box, and a locking mechanism configured to latch the housing with the box. The locking mechanism includes a latch rotatingly mounted to a first one of the end walls and a catch extending from a first one of the supports in a direction toward a second one of the supports, and the latch is configured to engage the catch to secure the housing to the box.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector sub-assembly for an optical fiber connector includes a ferrule configured to hold an optical fiber therein along an axis of the ferrule and a ferrule holder configured to hold the ferrule. The ferrule has an end face at which the optical fiber is terminated, and the ferrule holder includes a base in which the ferrule is configured to be seated. The sub-assembly includes a ferrule basket including an inner sleeve slidably coupled with an outer sleeve and configured to isolate a front end of the connector from a rear end of the connector such that the ferrule is isolated from movement of the rear end of the connector. The ferrule basket is configured to receive the ferrule holder therein.

Abstract: A flexible channel molding assembly may include a plurality of molding members. Each of the molding members defines a channel configured to receive a cable, and the plurality of molding members are configured to be pivotally coupled to one another along an axial direction to conform to a surface having a complex geometry.

Abstract: An ethernet bridge mounting arrangement includes a housing including a cover portion and a back portion and a wall mount. The housing is configured to be coupled with the wall mount, and the housing is rotatable relative to the wall mount about an axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the housing between a first rotational orientation, where latching members extending from the housing can be received by and removed from latch openings in the wall mount, and a second rotational orientation, where the housing is prevented from being pulled away from the wall plate.

Abstract: An adapter management device for providing enhanced access adjacent to the adapter management device, including an adapter management device retention portion. The adapter management device may be configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position, and the adapter management device retention portion may be structurally configured to engage at least a portion of a base portion in the open position of the adapter management device so as to allow a user to perform an optical fiber cable operation in an area that would be obstructed by the adapter management device in the closed position without having to manually hold the adapter management device in the open position.

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: An adapter management device configured to provide enhanced access to an adapter, includes: an adapter receiving portion; a perimeter portion; and a support portion that is configured to connect the adapter receiving portion to the perimeter portion. The adapter management device comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; and the support portion, the adapter receiving portion, and the perimeter portion are configured to define an open area inside the perimeter portion that is structurally configured to permit access to a first side of a cable connector that faces a same direction as the first side of the adapter management device and a second side of the cable connector that faces a same direction as the second side of the adapter management device so as to facilitate connecting the cable connector to, and disconnecting the cable connector from, the adapter receiving portion.

Abstract: An adapter management device configured to provide enhanced cable management that may include an adapter receiving portion, a perimeter portion, an inner cable retention portion, which may be configured to be positioned between the perimeter portion and the adapter receiving portion. and a cable receiving portion separator portion that may be configured to extend between the perimeter portion and the inner cable retention portion. The cable receiving portion separator portion may be structurally configured to provide a first cable routing path and a second cable routing path so as to enhance organization of cables in the adapter management device by providing two separate routing options for routing cables in the adapter management device.

Abstract: A moisture detector detects moisture in a coaxial cable. The moisture detector may include a moisture detection portion disposed in at least a portion of a cavity portion and configured to engage a cable moisture alert portion that is configured to generate a cable moisture alert when moisture is present in the cavity portion, and wherein the moisture detection portion is configured to generate a moisture detected signal when moisture is present in the cavity portion and cause the cable moisture alert portion to generate the cable moisture alert that moisture is present in the coaxial cable when moisture is present in the cavity portion.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector subassembly may include a tuning portion coupled with a ferrule and a receiving portion configured to be slidingly moved relative to the tuning portion. The receiving portion may be structurally configured to receive the tuning portion such that the tuning portion is rotationally fixed with the receiving portion. The receiving portion may comprise a bore having a number N of sides, and the tuning portion may comprise an outer surface having N sides configured to be received by the bore in any one of N relative rotational positions between the tuning portion and the receiving portion. The tuning portion may be configured to be rotated relative to the receiving portion so as to arrange the polygonal outer surface and the polygonal bore in one of the N relative rotational positions between the tuning portion and the receiving portion so as to minimize signal transmission loss when the ferrule abuts a mating ferrule.