The present disclosure relates to optic fibre cable telecommunication systems, and more specifically relates to an optical fibre enclosure with staggered ports.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A distributed fibre network typically includes large network of installed optical fibre cables connected to multiple electronic and mechanical devices. The optical fibre cables initiate from multiple terminals and are periodically opened and spliced for allowing data to be distributed to other cables in branches of the distributed fibre network. The optical fibre cables' branches may be further distributed until the distributed fibre network reaches individual homes, businesses, offices, premises, and the like with use of telecommunications closures/enclosure such as splice (en)closures. The optical fibre cables in the distributed fibre network may be installed on different support structures like walls, poles and underground structures and environments. Traditionally, different telecommunications closures with application specific designs are required for each support structure. The different closure designs are required for different mounting orientations like horizontal and vertical orientations. Additional splitter enclosures are required for signal distribution into multiple fibres. The use of different closures with different strength and performance for different installation environment poses a challenge in clamping and securing a fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) central loose tube cable within a very less space inside 8 Port/12 Port and 4 Port terminals.
[0003] For example, a few prior art references "US10830975B2", "US20130022328A1" and "US8363999B2" disclose an optical fibre enclosure where ports are unaligned in a horizontal plane.
[0004] While the prior arts cover various approaches to overcome the above stated drawbacks, there are no significant considerations to counter drawbacks associated with challenges in clamping and securing the FRP central loose tube cable within the very less or no space inside the 8 Port/12 Port and 4

Port terminals. In light of the above-stated discussion, there exists a need to overcome the above stated disadvantages.
[0005] Any references to methods, apparatus or documents of the prior art are not to be taken as constituting any evidence or admission that they formed, or form part of the common general knowledge.
OBJECT OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0006] A primary object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical fibre enclosure with staggered ports.
[0007] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide the optical fibre enclosure with staggered ports to secure one or more components of an optical fibre cable within very less (or compact) space inside the optical fibre enclosure.
[0008] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide space in the optical fibre enclosure with staggered ports to place clamp without increasing width of the optical fibre enclosure, wherein the optical fibre cable enters the optical fibre enclosure from side, not from middle.
SUMMARY
[0009] In an aspect, the present disclosure provides an optical fibre enclosure. The optical fibre enclosure comprises a housing coupled with a base panel and a plurality of staggered ports housed on a front surface of the housing. The plurality of staggered ports is arranged in two or more columns and two or more rows such that the plurality of staggered ports in the two or more columns is aligned to one or more column axes and the plurality of staggered ports in adjacent rows is not aligned to one or more row axes, thereby creating a space at a lower portion of at least one of the two or more columns. The optical fibre enclosure further comprising a cable clamp placed in the space to accommodate an optical fibre cable received at the optical fibre enclosure via a receiving channel. The space is utilized to accommodate a cable clamp. An optical fibre cable enters the optical fibre enclosure from side, not from middle. The plurality

staggered ports is removably associated with a plurality of plugs. The optical fibre enclosure is a 2X6 matrix terminal. An inner cavity of the housing has space to allow placement, management and storage of a plurality of optical fibres. The plurality of staggered ports has capability of receiving a connector.
[0010] The unique staggered arrangement creates extra space at the lower portion and at the upper portion of the optical fibre enclosure. This extra space is utilized to prepare a plurality of optical fibres present inside the optical fibre cable for connecting the plurality of optical fibres to the plurality of staggered ports. A technician, by utilizing the extra space, can clamp the optical fibre cable inside the optical fibre enclosure using the cable clamp and easily organize the optical fibre cable to expose the plurality of optical fibres for further connectivity.
[0011] These and other aspects of the invention herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating preferred examples and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the invention herein include all such modification.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
[0012] The method and system are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, throughout which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts in the various drawings. The invention herein will be better understood from the following description with reference to the drawings, in which:
[0013] FIG. 1 illustrates an optical fibre enclosure having ports in accordance with the prior art.
[0014] FIG. 2 illustrates the optical fibre enclosure with staggered ports and a cable clamp in accordance with the present disclosure.
[0015] FIGS. 3-6 illustrate the staggered ports of FIG. 2.

[0016] FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary 3X6 optical fibre enclosure with the staggered ports and the cable clamp.
[0017] FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary 3X4 optical fibre enclosure with the staggered ports and the cable clamp.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0018] In the following detailed description of the invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the of the invention. However, it will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced with or without these specific details. In other instances, well known methods, procedures and components have not been described in details so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the invention.
[0019] Furthermore, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these implementations only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without parting from the scope of the invention.
[0020] The accompanying drawings are used to help easily understand various technical features and it should be understood that the implementations presented herein are not limited by the accompanying drawings. As such, the present disclosure should be construed to extend to any alterations, equivalents and substitutes in addition to those which are particularly set out in the accompanying drawings. Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are generally only used to distinguish one element from another.
[0021] FIG. 1 illustrates an optical fibre enclosure 100 having ports in accordance with the prior art. The optical fibre enclosure 100 includes a base panel 102 and a housing 104 coupled with the base panel 102. Further, the optical fibre enclosure 100 includes a receiving channel 106.
[0022] The base panel 102 is usually be of flat shape. Other shapes are also possible. The base panel 102 is installed or mounted on poles, walls or any suitable infrastructures using, fasteners, screws, adhesives or the like. The base panel 102 is configured to retain a sealing device, such as gasket or the like, along a base mounting platform. The base mounting platform is coupled to a housing mounting platform of the housing 104. In an implementation, the housing 104 is permanently coupled to the base panel 102. In another implementation, the housing 104 is releasably attached to the base panel 102. The housing 104 is

coupled to the base panel 102 by, but not limited to, fasteners, screws, retainers, snap-in configuration.
[0023] An inner cavity of the housing 104 has space to allow placement, management and storage of a plurality of optical fibres. The housing 104 includes a plurality of ports 108 on its front surface. The plurality of ports 108 is an output port or output receptacle. The plurality of ports 108 includes capability of receiving a connector. The plurality of ports 108 includes a plurality of plugs 110 to prevent the plurality of optical fibres getting damaged from moisture or dirt. That is, each of the plurality of ports 108 includes it's corresponding plug. The plurality of ports 108 receives the plurality of optical fibres via the receiving channel 106.
[0024] As shown in FIG. 1, the plurality of ports 108 is placed in such a way that there is no or very less space (space is depicted by 112) for one or more components of an optical fibre cable 114. The arrangement of the plurality of ports 108 is structured in a conventional straight line/row, that occupies most of the space inside the optical fibre enclosure 100. Further, to prepare the plurality of optical fibres present inside the optical fibre cable 114 for connecting the plurality of optical fibres to the plurality of ports 108, a technician has to go through a lot of hassle to remove sheath of the optical fibre cable 114 for further connectivity.
[0025] Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a design of the optical fibre enclosure with a unique arrangement of the plurality of ports to provide extra space at bottom of the optical fibre enclosure, where the optical fibre cable 114 enters. The optical fibre cable 114 enters the optical fibre enclosure 200 from side, not from middle.
[0026] FIG. 2 illustrates an optical fibre enclosure 200 with staggered ports and a cable clamp in accordance with the present disclosure. FIGS. 3 to 6 illustrate the staggered ports of FIG. 2. FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary 3X6 optical fibre enclosure 300 with the staggered ports and the cable clamp. [0027] In passive optical networks or fibre access networks, an optical fibre may be routed to a user's premise via the optical fibre enclosure 200. The optical fibre enclosure 200 may be made of plastic or other suitable materials. Further, the

optical fibre enclosure 200 may be made ultra-violet and weather resistant to avoid damages caused by outside environment. The optical fibre enclosure 200 may be deployed in or mounted on infrastructures such as poles, pedestal or the like. The optical fibre enclosure 200 may be of rectangular shape. Alternatively, the optical fibre enclosure 200 may be of any other suitable shape. The optical fibre enclosure 200 may be, but not limited to, a 2X6 matrix terminal. That is, the optical fibre enclosure may have a plurality of staggered ports formed in configurations like 2 columns, 12 ports (2 X 6) matrix as shown in FIGS. 2-6 or 3 columns, 18 ports (3 X 6) matrix as shown in FIG. 7. For illustration purposes 2X6 matrix and 3X6 matrix optical fibre enclosures have been used. Alternatively, more configurations may be adopted, for instance 2X2, 2X4, 2X6, 3X4, 4X6, 5X6 or the like.
[0028] The optical fibre enclosure 200 may include a base panel 202 and a housing 204 coupled with the base panel 202. Further, the optical fibre enclosure 200 may include a receiving channel 206.
[0029] The base panel 202 may usually be of flat shape. Other shapes are also possible. The base panel 202 may correspond to a base structure for incorporating all components of the optical fibre enclosure 200. The base panel 202 may also correspond to an outer body of the optical fibre enclosure 200. The base panel 202 may be installed or mounted on poles, walls or any suitable infrastructures using, fasteners, screws, adhesives or the like. The base panel 202 may be configured to retain a sealing device, such as gasket or the like, along a base mounting platform. The base mounting platform may be coupled to a housing mounting platform of the housing 204. The housing 204 may be permanently coupled to the base panel 202. Alternatively, the housing 204 may be releasably attached to the base panel 202. The housing 204 may be coupled to the base panel 202 by, but not limited to, fasteners, screws, retainers, snap-in configuration. The housing 204 may have a housing base 204a and the housing base 204a may be coupled with a housing wall 204b as shown in FIG. 3. The housing base 204a and the housing wall 204b may form an inner cavity/channel i.e., the housing 204 on which the plurality of staggered ports 208 may be formed.

The inner cavity of the housing 204 has enough space to allow placement, management and storage of a plurality of optical fibres. The housing 204 may include the plurality of staggered ports 208 on its front surface. The plurality of staggered ports 208 may be formed on a structure on the front surface of the housing i.e., the housing base 204a that may have a protruded slanted wall 210a on which an output port or receptacle of each of the plurality of the staggered ports 208 for receiving one or more optical fibre connectors may be present. The protruded slanted wall 210a may be supported by two support walls 210b. The plurality of staggered ports 208 may include capability of receiving the one or more optical fibre connectors. The plurality of staggered ports 208 may removably be associated with a plurality of plugs 210 to prevent the plurality of optical fibres getting damaged from moisture or dirt. That is, each of the plurality of staggered ports 208 may include it's corresponding plug. The plurality staggered ports 208 may have a circular shape, a polygonal shape or the like.
[0030] The plurality of staggered ports 208 may be arranged in a zig-zag manner as shown in FIG. 4 in the housing 204. A zig-zag pattern line (shown using dashed lines) traverses and connects centres of each of the plurality of staggered ports. Such zig-zag arrangement may be referred as staggered placement or arrangement in accordance with the present disclosure. The staggered placement or zig-zag arrangement of the plurality of staggered ports may be defined by an angle 'a'. The angle 'a' is an angle of staggering pattern or zig-zag pattern at which two or more rows of the plurality of staggered ports may be placed in succession to each other. The plurality of staggered ports 208 may be arranged in two or more columns 216 (shown using dashed lines) and the two or more rows 218 (shown using dashed lines) as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7. The plurality of staggered ports 208 may be arranged in the two or more columns 216 and the two or more rows 218 such that the plurality of staggered ports 208 in the two or more columns 216 may be aligned to one or more column axes 220 (shown using dashed line) and the plurality of staggered ports 208 in adjacent rows may not be aligned to one or more row axes 222 (shown using dashed line) as shown in FIG. 6. For example, a first column of the two or more columns 216 has the

plurality of staggered ports 208 aligned (vertically aligned) to a common axis. Similarly, a second column of the two or more columns 216 has the plurality of staggered ports 208 aligned (vertically aligned) to another common axis and so on so forth. This arrangement depicts that the plurality of staggered ports 208 in the two or more columns 216 is aligned to the one or more column axes 220. Contrarily, a first row (considered from bottom of the optical fibre enclosure 200) of the two or more rows 218 has the plurality of staggered ports 208 unaligned (i.e., not horizontally aligned) to a common axis. Similarly, a second row (just above the first row) of the two or more rows 218 has the plurality of staggered ports 208 unaligned (i.e., not horizontally aligned) to another common axis and so on so forth. This arrangement depicts that the plurality of staggered ports 208 in the two or more columns 216 is aligned to the one or more column axes 220 and the plurality of staggered ports 208 in the adjacent rows is not aligned to the one or more row axes 222. Such arrangement of the plurality of staggered ports 208 thereby creates a space 212 at a lower portion of at least one of the two or more columns 216.
[0031] In other words, the plurality of staggered ports 208 is a plurality of ports arranged in staggered or zig-zag manner (as shown in FIG. 4 using dashed lines). This unique staggered arrangement creates/provides extra space depicted by 212 at the lower portion of the optical fibre enclosure 200. This extra space is utilized to prepare the plurality of optical fibres present inside the optical fibre cable 114 for connecting the plurality of optical fibres to the plurality of staggered ports 208. A technician, by utilizing the extra space 212, may clamp the optical fibre cable 114 inside the optical fibre enclosure 200 using the cable clamp 214. The cable clamp 214 may clamp and secure the one or more components such as optical fibres, strength member or the like of the optical fibre cable 114 for unobstructed and safe distribution of the optical fibre cable 114. In other words, the cable clamp 214 may be installed/mounted in the space 212 that helps in easily organizing the optical fibre cable 114 to expose the plurality of optical fibres for further connectivity. The plurality of staggered ports 208 may receive the plurality of optical fibres via the receiving channel 206.

[0032] Generally, the optical fibre refers to a medium associated with signal transmission over long distances in the form of light pulses. The plurality of optical fibres may be single-mode optical fibres or multi-mode optical fibres. The plurality of optical fibres may be of ITU.T G.657A1 category. Alternatively, the plurality of optical fibres may be of ITU.T G.657A2 category. Alternatively, the plurality of optical fibres may be of G.657B3 category. Alternatively, the plurality of optical fibres may be of G.652D category. Alternatively, the plurality of optical fibres may be of any other category.
[0033] FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary 3X4 optical fibre enclosure with the staggered ports and the cable clamp. In an example, the 3x4 configuration has 3 columns and 12 ports, and entry of the optical fibre cable 114 may be in middle of the optical fibre enclosure 400. Alternatively, the entry of the optical fibre cable 114 may not be in middle of the optical fibre enclosure 400.
[0034] Conditional language used herein, such as, among others, "can," "may," "might," "may," "e.g.," and the like, unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain examples include, while other examples do not include, certain features, elements and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements and/or steps are in any way required for one or more examples or that one or more examples necessarily include logic for deciding, with or without other input or prompting, whether these features, elements and/or steps are included or are to be performed in any particular example. The terms "comprising," "including," "having," and the like are synonymous and are used inclusively, in an open-ended fashion, and do not exclude additional elements, features, acts, operations, and so forth. Also, the term "or" is used in its inclusive sense (and not in its exclusive sense) so that when used, for example, to connect a list of elements, the term "or" means one, some, or all of the elements in the list.
[0035] Disjunctive language such as the phrase "at least one of X, Y, Z," unless specifically stated otherwise, is otherwise understood with the context as used in general to present that an item, term, etc., may be either X, Y, or Z, or any

combination thereof (e.g., X, Y, and/or Z). Thus, such disjunctive language is not generally intended to, and should not, imply that certain implementations require at least one of X, at least one of Y, or at least one of Z to each be present.
[0036] While the above detailed description has shown, described, and pointed out novel features as applied to various implementations, it can be understood that various omissions, substitutions, and changes in the form and details of the devices or algorithms illustrated can be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure. As can be recognized, certain implementations described herein can be embodied within a form that does not provide all of the features and benefits set forth herein, as some features can be used or practiced separately from others.
[0037] The foregoing description of the specific implementations will so fully reveal the general nature of the implementations herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific implementations without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed implementations. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the implementations herein have been described in terms of preferred implementations, those skilled in the art will recognize that the implementations herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the invention as described herein.

CLAIMS
We claim:

1. An optical fibre enclosure (200), comprising:
a housing (204) coupled with a base panel (202); and
a plurality of staggered ports (208) housed on a front surface of the housing (204), wherein the plurality of staggered ports (208) is arranged in two or more columns (216) and two or more rows (218) such that the plurality of staggered ports (208) in the two or more columns (216) is aligned to one or more column axes (220) and the plurality of staggered ports in adjacent rows is not aligned to one or more row axes (222), thereby creating a space (212) at a lower portion of at least one of the two or more columns (216).
2. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the space (212) is utilized to accommodate a cable clamp (214).
3. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein an optical fibre cable (114) enters the optical fibre enclosure (200) from side, not from middle.
4. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a cable clamp (214) placed in the space (212) to accommodate an optical fibre cable (114) received at the optical fibre enclosure (200) via a receiving channel (206).
5. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality staggered ports (208) is removably associated with a plurality of plugs (210).
6. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1 is a 2X6 matrix terminal.

7. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein an inner cavity of the housing (104) has space to allow placement, management and storage of a plurality of optical fibres.
8. The optical fibre enclosure (200) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of staggered ports (208) has capability of receiving a connector.