Cable slack storage system for terminal
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Marcouiller, Oscar Fernando Bran De León
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Abstract
A slack storage bracket is configured to mount at an installation site. The slack storage bracket includes a slack storage structure configured to receive excess length of a cable. The slack storage bracket also includes a terminal mounting structure forward of the slack storage structure. A terminal can be mounted to the terminal mounting structure of the slack storage bracket, directly, with a terminal mounting bracket, and/or with a terminal adapter. The slack length can be managed within a slack management spool, which can be mounted at the slack storage structure.
Claims20
A slack storage system comprising:
- a slack storage bracket including a slack storage structure dimensioned as a bend radius limiter, the slack storage bracket also including first and second sleeved arrangements extending outwardly from opposite sides of the slack storage structure, each of the first and second sleeved arrangements defining a channel facing the other of the first and second sleeved arrangements, each of the first and second sleeved arrangements including a protruding tab that extends into the respective channel;
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- a terminal coupled to the slack storage bracket by the first and second sleeved arrangements, the terminal including a housing carrying an input and a plurality of outputs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.