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Granted Patent B2
US 10,459,183 · App. 16/175,939 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Optical wiring unit

Inventors: Ryoichi Mitobe (Chiba, JP); Norihiro Momotsu (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
G02B6/4452
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Patent No.
US 10,459,183
App. No.
16/175,939
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical wiring unit includes a plurality of drawers with optical adapters. Each of the drawers includes a first latch part and a second latch part. When any of the drawers are drawn out to a predetermined position, the first latch part of a drawn-out drawer latches on the second latch part of an adjacent drawer to lock the drawn-out drawer to the predetermined position.

Claims (17)

1. An optical wiring unit comprising:

a plurality of drawers comprising optical adapters, wherein

the optical wiring unit is provided with a casing,

each of the drawers is moved relative to the casing and includes a first latch and a second latch,

when one of the drawers is not drawn out to a predetermined position, the first latch of the drawer does not latch onto the second latch of an adjacent drawer, and

when any of the drawers is drawn out to the predetermined position, the first latch of a drawn-out drawer moves toward the second latch of the adjacent drawer and latches onto the second latch of the adjacent drawer to lock the drawn-out drawer to the predetermined position.

2. The optical wiring unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second latch of each of the drawers is disposed at a distance from the first latch of each of the drawers in a drawing-out direction, and

the distance is a movement distance of the drawn-out drawer when the drawn-out drawer is drawn out to the predetermined position.

3. The optical wiring unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first latch is urged toward the adjacent drawer.

4. The optical wiring unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first latch of each of the drawers is a locking section and the second latch of each of the drawers is an engaging hole that engages with the locking section.

5. The optical wiring unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a lock releasing mechanism that releases locking of the drawn-out drawer from the predetermined position.

6. The optical wiring unit according to claim 5 , wherein:

the lock releasing mechanism includes an insertion member inserted between the first latch of the drawn-out drawer and the second latch of the adjacent drawer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: MITOBE, RYOICHI; MOMOTSU, NORIHIRO
To: FUJIKURA LTD.
Reel/Frame 047734/0974 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-215703 · Nov 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190137713A1 · May 9, 2019
Cited By (1)
US 12,619,045