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AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsNeal Anthony Janus, Anthony Pellegrino, Randy Alan Reagan, Elwood Horace Green, Jr.
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A bend limiter/strain reliever is provided for maintaining optical fiber bend limits at exit portals of a optic fiber closure for the closure's entire range of motion, from being fully closed to being fully open. Bend limits are maintained as optical fiber is directed on paths through a closure exit portal between the closure interior and wire brackets on the closure exterior. Fibers are retained, organized and strain relieved by the bend limiter/strain reliever such that directed fiber is maintain at a minimum bend radius on such fiber paths. The curved surface of the bend limiter/strain reliever allows the closure to be accessed without excessive bending of so routed optical fibers. In this manner, optical signal degradation and/or total loss is avoided by limiting the bending of routed optical fiber to radii in excess of a predetermined minimum bend radius. Horizontal members separate the bend limiter/strain reliever into compartments and make it easy to isolate fibers so that they may be efficiently traced and removed during system maintenance.
A device for routing optical fibers in compliance with a predetermined minimum bend radius, said device comprising:
A device for directing optical fiber through an exit portal of a closure from the interior of said closure to a raceway to the exterior of said closure while maintaining fiber bend limits, said device comprising:
A bend limiter for routing optical fiber through an exit portal of a fiber optic closure, said bend limiter maintaining fiber bend limits as optical fiber directed in a first direction is redirected in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction, the bend limiter comprising:
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