Wall box adapted to be mounted at a mid-span access location of a telecommunications cable

• Main Authors: Holmberg, Matthew, Solheid, James J, Gronvall, Erik J, Lockhart, Paula, Marcouiller, Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.02.2023
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CONVEYING; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A wall box includes an enclosure having a base and a cover connected to the base. The base and the cover enclose an interior region. The wall box further includes a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the enclosure. The fiber optic adapters include an inner port positioned inside the interior region and an outer port positioned at an outer surface of the enclosure. A tray stack is mounted within the interior region. The tray stack includes a tray mount pivotally connected to the enclosure. The tray mount includes a top surface and an oppositely disposed bottom surface. A first splice tray mounting area is disposed on the top surface and a second splice tray mounting area is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of trays is disposed in the first splice tray mounting area. A tray is disposed in the second splice tray mounting area.