Abstract: A street cabinet arrangement may include a box portion configured to house contents of a communications network therein and a base portion configured to be disposed underground and having a portion that is configured to support the box portion. The base portion may include a projection base portion configured to extend from the main base portion.

Abstract: A frame portion may be configured to provide enhanced load-bearing capacity for a ground shaft that is configured to delimit a cavity. The frame portion may include a first longitudinal wall portion and a second longitudinal wall portion, and a first lateral wall portion and a second lateral wall portion configured to be coupled with the first longitudinal wall portion and a second longitudinal wall portion. At least a portion of the first longitudinal wall portion may comprise plastic. The first longitudinal wall portion may include a tensioning portion structurally configured to counteract a deformation force acting on an exterior side portion of the first longitudinal wall in a direction toward an interior of the frame portion so as to enhance load-bearing capacity of the first longitudinal wall portion.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector sub-assembly optical fiber connector sub-assembly for an optical fiber connector includes a ferrule holder carrier portion and a sleeve portion disposed rearward of the ferrule holder carrier portion along an axis of the connector. The sleeve portion is configured to be connected to the ferrule holder portion to permit relative articulating movement between the sleeve portion and the ferrule holder carrier portion, and the sleeve portion and the ferrule holder carrier portion are configured to be rotatingly fixed to one another.

Abstract: A cable access terminal includes: a base; a moving portion attached to the base; and a cover that is configured to prevent access to an upper area of the moving portion. The moving portion may be configured to prevent access to a base area in a closed position; the cover may be configured to prevent access to a first side of an adapter as a result of the cover being secured to the moving portion; and the moving portion may be structurally configured to permit access to the first side of the adapter and to the base area when the fastener is removed and to prevent access to the first side of the adapter and to the base area, while permitting access to the second side of the adapter, when the fastener is in place, so as to provide only limited access to users unauthorized to access the base area.

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 television (CATV) multi-tap system includes a tap housing. The system also includes a face plate including one or more subscriber ports. The system also includes a circuit board positioned within the tap housing and coupled to the face plate. The system also includes an access cover coupled to the tap housing. The access cover is configured to be removed from the tap housing to allow access to the circuit board without removing the face plate or the circuit board from the tap housing.

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 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. The ferrule adapter and the ferrule cooperate to define a ferrule interface configured to mate with ferrule of the MPO connector. The ferrule is configured to include external channels at opposing laterals sides of the ferrule. The ferrule adapter is configured to include channels that oppose the external channels of the ferrule.

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: 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 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: A pushing tool for propelling cable into a duct. The pushing tool includes a drive wheel that is coupled with a base and a rotatable handle. A first cable guide and a second cable guide are configured to hold the cable. A duct guide is configured to hold the duct. Furthermore, a tension wheel is configured to interact with the drive wheel such that an orifice is formed between the tension wheel and the drive wheel, the orifice being configured to receive the cable. Upon rotation of the rotatable handle, the drive wheel interacts with the tension wheel to propel the cable into the duct.

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.