Systems and methods of managing cables in telecommunication systems
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorMark Vogel
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Abstract
Cable managers are provided. A cable manager includes a body configured to be selectively engaged with a loose end of a first cable, wherein the body defines an effective unbiased length, as measured in an unbiased state, and an effective biased length, as measured in a biased state, and wherein the effective biased length is greater than the effective unbiased length.
Claims19
A cable manager for one or more cables of a telecommunication system, the cable manager comprising:
- a body configured to be selectively engaged with a loose end of at least one of the one or more cables, wherein the body defines an effective unbiased length, as measured in an unbiased state, and an effective biased length, as measured in a biased state, wherein the effective biased length is greater than the effective unbiased length, wherein the cable manager is configured to fit within a storage volume when the cable manager is in the unbiased state, and wherein the effective biased length of the cable manager is sufficient to reach the cable from the storage volume to a separate cable operation station.
A telecommunication system comprising:
- a storage volume;
- a first cable extending from the storage volume;
- a second cable extending from the storage volume;
- a cable manager comprising a body configured to be selectively engaged with at least one of the first or second cables and form an extension spring for the at least one of the first or second cables;
- an enclosure configured to house a plurality of cable splices between the first and second cables,
- wherein the cable manager is configured to be stored within the storage volume, wherein the cable manager is configured to maintain the at least one of the first or second cables in a generally helical shape when the cable manager is in an unbiased state.
A method of storing one or more cables in a storage volume of a telecommunication system, wherein the one or more cables are configured to extend from the storage volume to a separate cable operation station spaced apart from the storage volume, the method comprising:
- coupling the one or more cables to a cable manager;
- moving the cable manager between an extended position where the cable manager is in a biased state and a retracted position where the cable manager is in an unbiased state;
- and
- moving the cable manager to the retracted position such that the cable manager and the one or more cables are disposed within the storage volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.