Integrated distribution enabling access apparatus

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus including: a housing having a splitter compartment; a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein the housing includes a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a housing extending along a first direction between a top portion and a bottom portion opposite the top portion and along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction between a front housing wall and a back housing wall, the housing comprising:
 a splitter compartment disposed in the top portion of the housing; 
 a fiber bend guide disposed in the splitter compartment, the fiber bend guide defining a circular cross section in a plane defined by the first direction and the second direction; and 
 a splicer compartment disposed in the bottom portion of the housing; 
   a separation plate provided between the splitter compartment and splicer compartment along the first direction, the separation plate defined by and between a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface of the separation plate provides a base plate for the splitter compartment and the second surface of the separation plate provides a base plate for the splicer compartment;   a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of the front housing wall of the housing; and   a multiple fiber connector connected to the multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing,   wherein the separation plate comprises a fiber pass through including a plurality of holes, the fiber pass through oriented perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction and tangential to the circular cross section of the fiber bend guide.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus in  claim 1  further comprising:
 an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing, the optical splitter oriented oblique to the first direction and the second direction and tangential to the circular cross section of the fiber bend guide; 
 an optical splice chip holder in said splicer compartment; 
 an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and 
 a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector. 
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus in  claim 2 , wherein the input fiber passes through between the splitter compartment and the splicer compartment through the fiber pass through. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus in  claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal axis of said splitter that goes through an input end and an output end of said splitter and an axis that goes along a front wall of the apparatus form an angle of between 20 and 70 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least one additional multiple fiber adapter attached to the front housing wall of the housing;   at least one additional multiple fiber connector connected to said at least one additional multiple fiber adapter;   at least one additional optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing;   at least one additional input fiber connected to said at least one additional optical splitter;   and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said at least one additional optical splitter and said at least one additional multiple fiber connector.   
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus comprising:
 a housing defining a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction, the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction being mutually perpendicular, the housing comprising:
 a splitter compartment; and 
 a splicer compartment positioned opposite the splitter compartment along the first direction; 
   a separation plate extending along the first direction from a first surface to a second surface, the separation plate positioned between the splitter compartment and splicer compartment along the first direction, wherein the first surface of the separation plate provides a base plate for the splitter compartment and the second surface of the separation plate provides a base plate for the splicer compartment;   a fiber bend guide formed on the first surface of the separation plate, the fiber bend guide defining a circular cross section in a plane defined by the first direction and the second direction;   a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; and   a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing,   wherein the splitter compartment is disposed in a top portion of the housing and the splicer compartment is disposed in a bottom portion opposite of the top portion of the housing, and   wherein the separation plate comprises a fiber pass through including a plurality of holes, the fiber pass through oriented perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction and tangential to the circular cross section of the fiber bend guide.   
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus in  claim 7  further comprising:
 an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing, the optical splitter oriented oblique to the first direction and the second direction and tangential to the circular cross section of the fiber bend guide; 
 an optical splice chip holder in said splicer compartment; 
 an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and 
 a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector.