Cable slack management apparatus for co-packaged opto-electrical devices
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorsTim Grygiel, Andreas Matiss
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A cable manager is provided including a base, a cable hub configured to rotate relative to the base, and a directional resistance element configured to allow rotation of the cable hub in a first direction and resist rotation of the cable hub in a second direction, that is opposite the first direction. The cable hub includes a cable slot configured to receive at least one cable, such that when the cable hub is rotated the at least one cable is wound about a periphery of the cable hub.
Claims20
A fiber optic assembly comprising:
- a housing base configured to support one or more fiber optic communication connections;
- a sidewall extending from the housing base;
- an opto-electrical device supported by the housing base;
- an adapter panel configured to receive one or more fiber optic adapters;
- and at least one cable manager comprising:
- a base;
- a cable hub configured to rotate relative to the base;
- and
- a directional resistance element configured to allow rotation of the cable hub in a first direction and resist rotation of the cable hub in a second direction that is opposite the first direction, wherein the cable hub comprises a cable slot.
A fiber optic assembly comprising:
- a housing base configured to support one or more fiber optic communication connections;
- a sidewall extending from the housing base;
- a tray pivotably mounted relative to the sidewall, the tray comprising a first face and an opposing second face;
- and
- at least one cable manager mounted to the tray,
- wherein the tray comprises a layer switch feature configured to enable an optical cable to pass from the first face to the second face.
A cable manager for a fiber optic assembly, the cable manager comprising:
- a base;
- a cable hub configured to rotate relative to the base;
- and
- a directional resistance element configured to allow rotation of the cable hub in a first direction and resist rotation of the cable hub in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the cable hub comprises a cable slot, and
- wherein the directional resistance element comprises a plurality of tapered resistance projections configured to enable rotation of the cable hub in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.