Packaging assembly for telecommunications equipment
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Michael J. Schomisch, Tomas Fucsek, Roman Solich
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Abstract
A packaging assembly for telecommunications modules comprises a plurality of telecommunications modules provided in a stacked arrangement in a first container, a plurality of telecommunications modules provided in a stacked arrangement in an adjacent second container, and a removable radius limiter mounted between the first and second containers for guiding all of the fiber optic cabling extending from the telecommunications modules with minimum bend radius protection.
Claims14
A packaging assembly for telecommunications modules comprising:
- a plurality of telecommunications modules provided in a stacked arrangement in a first container;
- a plurality of telecommunications modules provided in a stacked arrangement in an adjacent second container;
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- a removable radius limiter including a spool having a curved surface and a planar support wall with at least one mounting clip, the at least one mounting clip defining a retaining surface extending parallel to the support wall, wherein the radius limiter includes cable management fingers extending away from the curved surface, wherein the radius limiter is mounted generally between the first and second containers for guiding fiber optic cabling extending from the telecommunications modules with minimum bend radius protection such that the radius limiter is configured to be slidably mounted to a sidewall of the first or the second container with a friction fit and the planar support wall of the radius limiter is configured to end between the plurality of telecommunications modules provided in the first container and the plurality of telecommunications modules provided in the second container, wherein, in the friction fit, a sidewall of the first or the second container is, or the sidewalls of the first and second containers are, received between the retaining surface and the planar support wall, wherein the spool of the radius limiter defines a longitudinal axis that is generally parallel to a module-insertion direction and wherein the planar support wall of the radius limiter is also generally parallel to the module-insertion direction, wherein the fiber optic cabling extending from the telecommunications module is guided around the spool of the radius limiter with minimum bend radius protection in a direction generally perpendicular to the module-insertion direction.
A method of packaging a plurality of telecommunications modules each terminated to an end of a cable broken out from bulk cabling, the method comprising:
- inserting the plurality of modules in an insertion direction into a container such that the modules are provided in a stacked arrangement in the container with the cable ends all facing outwardly in the same direction, wherein the container includes a first container holding a plurality of modules and an adjacent second container holding a plurality of modules;
- removably mounting a radius limiter between the plurality of modules within the first container and the plurality of modules within the second container;
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- routing all of the cables around a spool of the radius limiter that defines a curved surface for guiding all of the cables with bend radius protection and cable management fingers extending away from the curved surface, wherein the radius limiter further defines a planar support wall with at least one mounting clip, the at least one mounting clip defining a retaining surface extending parallel to the support wall, wherein the radius limiter is slidably mounted to a sidewall of the first or the second container with a friction fit and the planar support wall of the radius limiter ends between the plurality of modules within the first container and the plurality of modules within the second container, wherein, in the friction fit, a sidewall of the first or the second container is, or the sidewalls of the first and second containers are, received between the retaining surface and the planar support wall, wherein the spool of the radius limiter defines a longitudinal axis that is generally parallel to the module-insertion direction and wherein the planar support wall of the radius limiter is also generally parallel to the module-insertion direction.
A radius limiter configured to be slidably mounted to a sidewall of a telecommunications packaging container with a friction fit, the radius limiter defining a spool having a curved surface and cable management fingers extending away from the curved surface for retaining cables around the spool, wherein the radius limiter defines a planar support wall with at least two mounting clips each defining a retaining surface extending parallel to the support wall, the mounting clips configured for mounting the radius limiter to the sidewall of the telecommunications packaging container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.