| US 7,539,387 B2 | ||
| Fiber access terminal | ||
| Daniel Ray Mertesdorf, Nicollet, Minn. (US); Trevor Smith, Eden Prairie, Minn. (US); Keith Nelson, Brooklyn Center, Minn. (US); Erik Gronvall, Eagan, Minn. (US); Paula Rudenick, Eden Prairie, Minn. (US); and Matthew D. Ferris, Carver, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 30, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/130,337. | ||
| Application 12/130337 is a continuation of application No. 12/028465, filed on Feb. 08, 2008, granted, now 7,400,815. | ||
| Application 12/028465 is a continuation of application No. 11/708119, filed on Feb. 15, 2007, granted, now 7,397,997. | ||
| Application 11/708119 is a continuation of application No. 11/075847, filed on Mar. 08, 2005, granted, now 7,292,763, filed on Nov. 06, 2007. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/551164, filed on Mar. 08, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/600129, filed on Aug. 09, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0226252 A1, Sep. 18, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—135 | 25 Claims |
| 1. A terminal assembly comprising:
an enclosure defining an interior volume, the enclosure including a first end positioned opposite from a second end;
an opening defined at a first end of the enclosure;
a fiber optic cable that extends away from the opening in a first direction;
the enclosure including a cable connection region at which the enclosure defines a plurality of adapter mounting openings;
a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted at the adapter mounting openings, each of the fiber optic adapters including a
first end accessible from within the interior volume of the enclosure and a second end accessible from outside the enclosure;
and
the enclosure including first and second tabs protruding outwardly from the first end of the enclosure in the first direction
of the fiber optic cable, the first tab having a first surface that faces a second surface of the second tab, the first and
second tabs being separated by a notch that extends from the first surface of the first tab to the second surface of the second
tab, each of the first and second tabs defining at least one hole.
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