IP Library Granted Patent US 10,613,285
Granted Patent B2
US 10,613,285 · App. 15/888,835 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Module and assembly for fiber optic interconnections

Inventor: Richard L. Case (Omaha, NE)
Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
G02B6/4452G02B6/3897
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Patent No.
US 10,613,285
App. No.
15/888,835
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A module for interconnecting fiber optic cables and/or cords includes: a housing having a rear wall; a plurality of MPO adapters mounted in the rear wall; and forty-eight fiber optic adapters mounted to a front portion of the housing, the duplex adapters being operatively connected with the MPO adapters.

Claims (8)

1. A module for interconnecting fiber optic cables and/or cords, comprising:

a housing having a rear wall;

a plurality of MPO adapters mounted in the rear wall;

forty-eight fiber optic adapters mounted to a front portion of the housing, the fiber optic adapters being operatively connected with the MPO adapters, wherein the module further comprises a first set of latches that are configured for snap-mounting the module to a telecommunications shelf and a second set of latches having a different configuration than the first set of latches, the second set of latches configured to allow the module to be snap-mounted to a piece of telecommunications equipment different than the telecommunications shelf and different than the fiber optic adapters mounted to the front portion of the housing, the second set of latches being configured such that the second set of latches are free to receive the piece of telecommunications equipment that is different than the telecommunications shelf and that is different than the fiber optic adapters when the module has been mounted to the telecommunications shelf with the first set of latches.

2. The module defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of MPO adapters is three adapters.

3. The module defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of MPO adapters is four adapters.

4. The module defined in claim 1 , configured to be oriented in an upright or an inverted orientation, and further comprising a faceplate indicating the upright and inverted orientations.

5. The module defined in claim 1 , wherein the forty-eight fiber optic adapters comprise twenty-four duplex fiber optic adapters.

Assignments (8)
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL/FRAME NO. 49678/0577 Recorded Jan 9, 2026
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COMMSCOPE NORTH CAROLINA, LLC (F/K/A COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
Reel/Frame 074473/0264 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 10, 2025
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: COMMSCOPE NORTH CAROLINA, LLC
Reel/Frame 073888/0404 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 049905/0504 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RUCKUS WIRELESS, LLC (F/K/A RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.)
Reel/Frame 071477/0255 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049892/0396 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049905/0504 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049678/0577 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14995966 · Jan 14, 2016
Provisional Application 62103850 · Jan 15, 2015
Related Publication 20190041596A1 · Feb 7, 2019