Fiber-optic cable routing and storage device
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorBassel Hage Daoud
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Abstract
A fiber-optic cable routing and storage device that can be used to accommodate the slack of various different lengths of fiber-optic cable and that includes a fiber-optic cable routing path that ensures a minimum bend radius for the routed cable.
Claims25
A fiber-optic cable routing and storage device comprising:
- a fiber-optic cable router defining at least a part of a fiber-optic cable routing path over which a fiber-optic cable is routable and which limits bending of the fiber-optic cable to less than a predetermined amount;
- a selectively deflectable mount for movably securing said cable router to a tray, said cable router being selectively movable on and along the tray;
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- a plurality of guides disposed along said cable routing path for preventing movement of the fiber-optic cable off of said part of said cable routing path.
A fiber-optic cable routing and bend limiting system comprising a plurality of fiber-optic cable routers each including a selectively deflectable mount for movably securing each of said plurality of cable routers to a tray, each of said plurality of cable routers being selectively and separately movable on and along the tray, said plurality of cable routers each defining a generally arcuate part of a fiber-optic cable routing path over which a fiber-optic cable may be routed and which limits bending of the fiber-optic cable to less than a predetermined amount, said cable routing path being defined in part by the relative position of each of said plurality of cable routers with respect to each other on the tray.
A fiber-optic cable routing and bend limiting system comprising:
- a first fiber-optic cable router including a selectively deflectable mount for movably securing said first cable router to a tray, said first cable router being selectively movable on and along the tray;
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- a second fiber-optic cable router including a selectively deflectible mount for movably securing said second cable router to the tray, said second cable router being selectively movable on and along the tray;
- said first and said second cable routers each defining a generally arcuate part of a fiber-optic cable routing path over which a fiber-optic cable may be routed and which limits bending of the fiber-optic cable to less than a predetermined amount, said cable routing path being defined in part by the relative position of said first and said second cable routers with respect to each other on the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.