Flexible organizer and self-supporting unit
The present disclosure relates to a fiber management device or system for facilitating routing and storing optical fibers. The fiber management device includes a flexible, film-like substrate that has optical fiber management, storing functionality, and splicing functionality all on one film-like substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can provide a routing path for routing optical fibers onto a flexible planar substrate that can be temporarily supported by, mounted on or attached to the flexible planar substrate. The flexible, film-like substrate can accommodate fibers that are in a multi-fiber (e.g., ribbon) configuration or a single fiber configuration.
1. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of ruggedized fiber optic adapters secured to the housing, the ruggedized fiber optic adapters including hardened connector ports accessible from outside the housing and non-hardened connector ports accessible from inside the housing;
a fiber manager positioned within the housing, the fiber manager being constructed from flexible sheet initially having a planar configuration prior to installation in the housing, the flexible sheet having a main body and at least one fold line that divides the flexible sheet into a first section and a second section, the flexible sheet being folded along the fold line into a non-planar configuration as positioned within the housing, the first section defining pass-through openings positioned adjacent to the non-hardened connector ports; and
connectorized optical structures including optical fibers having connectorized ends, the optical fibers being bonded to the first section along fiber routing paths, the connectorized ends plugging into the non-hardened connector ports, and the connectorized optical structures extending through the pass-through openings defined by the first section.
2. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising fiber management tabs cut into the main body of the flexible sheet, the fiber management tabs having base ends that are unitary with the main body of the flexible sheet and opposite free ends.
3. The telecommunications enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a base and a cover, wherein the ruggedized fiber optic adapters mount to the cover, and wherein the fiber manager is positioned at least partially in the cover.