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 multifiber connector for passing pre-connectorized fiber optic cable through microduct includes an engagement portion that is configured to hold a ferrule that is configured to terminate a fiber optic cable and a receiving portion that is configured to receive the engagement portion. The engagement portion includes a base portion having a length in a longitudinal direction of the engagement portion and an outer periphery portion that extends in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the engagement portion. The receiving portion is configured to receive the engagement portion and is shaped to minimize an outer periphery portion of the receiving portion in the transverse direction such that a plurality of fiber optic cables that are pre-connectorized with the connector are configured to pass through a micro-duct that is configured to be installed in a duct having a diameter of at least 25 mm.

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.

Abstract: A telecommunication component mounting device configured to selectively position a telecommunication component in an installed position and in an increased access position to provide enhanced access to the component, includes: a first mounting portion configured to attach a telecommunication component to an enclosure; and a second mounting portion configured to attach the component to the enclosure. The first mounting portion comprises a moving portion that is configured to engage the enclosure to limit pivoting movement of the component in a direction away from the enclosure in an increased access position, and to secure the component in an installed position; and the moving portion is configured to cooperate with the enclosure to retain the component in the increased access position so as to provide enhanced access to the component for connection of wires and/or cables to the component in the increased access position.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a nut housing having a rearward cable receiving end and a forward end opposite said rearward end, a front nut assembly coupled to the forward end of the nut housing, and a conductive metal tubular insert shaft supported within the nut housing or the front nut assembly. The front nut assembly includes an entry body housing and a conductive terminal pin extending from a forward end of the front nut assembly, and the conductive metal tubular insert shaft has a rearward end portion. A nonconductive plastic tubular support sleeve has a forward end portion coupled with the rearward end portion of the conductive metal tubular insert shaft, a tubular gripping ferrule radially surrounds the metal insert shaft and the plastic support sleeve, and a tubular outer sleeve radially surrounds at least a portion of said gripping ferrule.

Abstract: A cable enclosure may include a body portion including an exterior surface portion having an attachment portion that may be structurally configured to couple with a mounting portion of a telecommunications component. A first portion of the attachment portion may be structurally configured to slidingly receive the mounting portion of the telecommunications component and bias the mounting portion, and a second portion of the attachment portion may be structurally configured to remove the bias from the mounting portion of the telecommunications component such that the mounting portion of the telecommunications component is permitted to prevent sliding movement of the telecommunications component relative to the body portion so as to retain the telecommunications component on the exterior surface portion of the body portion.

Abstract: A fiber optic connector includes a body portion and a coupling portion configured to be coupled with the body portion. The body portion is configured to receive a fiber optic cable, and the coupling portion is configured to radially compress a portion of the body portion onto an outer jacket of a fiber optic cable to clamp the outer jacket and to prevent relative axial movement between the fiber optic cable and the connector when the coupling portion is coupled with the body portion so as to mechanically couple the body portion with the fiber optic cable without having to use a crimping tool.

Abstract: A telecommunications box includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion pivotally coupled with the first housing portion, an adapter panel removably coupled with the first housing portion, and an inner cover pivotally coupled with the first housing portion and removably coupled with the adapter panel. The adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the first housing so as to be pivotal with the inner cover relative to the first housing portion to a raised configuration that provides a technician with improved access to the adapter panel, and the adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the inner cover while remaining coupled with the first housing portion in a stowed configuration.

Abstract: A splitter for allowing a hardline cable to be connected to the splitter as an input and a connector to be connected to the splitter as an output includes a housing portion. The housing portion includes an input portion; the input portion is configured to receive a hardline input cable; the housing portion includes an output portion; the input portion includes an engagement portion configured to engage a hardline back nut; the splitter is configured to connect to the hardline input cable; and the connection of the splitter to the hardline input cable is configured to allow the splitter to be installed on the hardline input cable without additional hardware to connect the splitter to the hardline input cable.

Abstract: An enclosure for spliced cables includes an outer housing, a splice tray, internal circuitry, a first fiber and a cable stub. The splice tray and the internal circuitry are positioned inside the outer housing. The first fiber may be connected to the internal circuitry. The cable stub includes a second fiber spliced to the first fiber to form a splice. The splice is configured to be positioned on the splice tray so as to protect and support the splice. The internal circuitry includes a downstream monitor channel fiber, an upstream monitor channel fiber, a downstream channel fiber, and an upstream channel fiber.

Abstract: A fiber optic cable connector configured to be securely coupled with a cable jacket without crimping includes a connector body including a rear sleeve portion configured to receive a jacket of a fiber optic cable, a ferrule holder configured to be slidingly seated in a forward end of the connector body, a ferrule configured to be seated in the ferrule holder and to terminate an optical fiber, and a retention member having an inner diameter sized to fit into an annular groove in the jacket of the fiber optic cable and an outer diameter sized to extend radially outward of an outer surface of the jacket such that the retention member is configured to engage a surface of the rear sleeve portion of the connector body when the retention member is seated in the annular groove in the jacket so as to increase connection strength between the connector body and the jacket and to resist pull force on the fiber optic cable without crimping the connector body to the jacket.

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 coaxial cable may include a center conductor; a dielectric insulator configured to surround the center conductor; an inner conductive foil layer configured to surround the dielectric; a braided shield layer configured to surround the inner conductive foil layer; and an outer jacket configured to surround the outer conductive foil layer. The outer conductive foil layer may be bonded to the outer jacket; the outer conductive foil layer may include a first lateral region, a second lateral region, and a sealant; the first and second lateral regions may be configured to overlap each other; the sealant may be disposed between the first lateral region and the second lateral region to form a sealed joint; and the sealed joint may be configured to prevent moisture from passing the outer conductive foil layer and migrating along the coaxial cable, which may prevent signal loss or coaxial cable connector damage.

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: An enclosure may be structurally configured to provide a sealed enclosure at multiple positions of a cover portion relative to a base portion. The enclosure may include a base portion having a base wall portion, a cover portion structurally configured to attach the base portion and including a cover wall portion, and a sealing portion structurally configured to be positioned between the cover wall portion and the base wall portion. The base wall portion and the cover wall portion may be configured to be disposed in a configuration such that base wall angle and the cover wall angle may be configured to provide a weatherproof seal between the cover wall portion and the base wall portion at multiple positions of the cover portion relative to the base portion, so as to provide a sealed enclosure at multiple positions of the cover portion relative to the base portion.

Abstract: A fiber optic connector includes a ferrule, a ferrule adapter configured to be coupled with the ferrule, and a retention body configured to be coupled with a multi-fiber cable. The ferrule is configured to terminate a plurality of fibers of a multi-fiber cable and is configured with a cross-sectional profile smaller than a ferrule of a multi-fiber push on (MPO) connector such that the ferrule is configured to be pushed through a duct having an inside diameter smaller than a cross-sectional profile of the ferrule of the MPO connector.

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 fiber optic cable includes an outer surface, an axial groove and an additional annular groove. The outer surface includes an annular groove. The axial groove that extends in an axial direction of the fiber optic cable. The additional annular groove is configured to separates sections of the outer surface. The axial groove is configured to be gripped by a connector to prevent rotation of the fiber optic cable relative to the connector. The separate sections are configured to hinge against each other such that the fiber optic cable is bendable to a predetermined bend radius.