Cable management system for fiber optic connector assemblies
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsWenzong Chen, Igor Grois, Jeffrey A. Matasek, B. Daniel Szilagyi
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Abstract
A cable management system is provided for a fiber optic connector assembly. The system includes a receptacle and a plurality of fiber optic connector modules received by the receptacle. The modules terminate a plurality of fiber optic cables with lengths of the cables extending away from the rear ends of the modules. A cable management member has an angled cavity within which the cables extend angularly from the rear ends of the modules. Latches are provided between the cable management member and each of the plurality of modules for holding the cable management member in position at the rear ends of the modules.
Claims22
A cable management system in a fiber optic connector assembly, comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a plurality of fiber optic connector modules received by the receptacle, the connector modules terminating a plurality of fiber optic cables with lengths of the cables extending away from rear ends of the connector modules;
- a single cable management member having a plurality of separate angled channels for individually receiving the plurality of fiber optic cables and within which the cables extend angularly from the rear ends of the connector modules;
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- complementary interengaging latch means between the single cable management member and at least one of the plurality of fiber optic connector modules for holding the cable management member in position at the rear ends of the modules.
A cable management system in a fiber optic connector assembly, comprising:
- a receptacle;
- a plurality of fiber optic connector modules positioned in a row within the receptacle, the connector modules terminating a plurality of fiber optic cables with lengths of the cables extending away from rear ends of the connector modules;
- a single cable management member including a base part and a cover part sandwiching rear ends of the fiber optic connector modules therebetween, at least one of the base part and cover part including a plurality of separate side-by-side right-angled channels for individually receiving the plurality of fiber optic cables extending away from the rear ends of the connector modules;
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- complementary interengaging latch means between at least one of the parts of the cable management member and at least one of the plurality of fiber optic connector modules for holding the cable management member in position at the rear ends of the modules.
A cable management apparatus for a plurality of fiber optic connector modules received in a receptacle in a side-by-side array, the modules terminating a plurality of fiber optic cables with lengths of the cables extending away from rear ends of the modules, the apparatus comprising:
- a single cable management base having a plurality of separate angled channels for individually receiving the plurality of fiber optic cables and within which the cables extend angularly from the rear ends of the connector modules;
- a single cover engageable with the base for clamping the cables therebetween;
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- complementary interengaging latch means between at least one of the base and the cover and at least one of the plurality of fiber optic connector modules for holding the cable management apparatus in position at the rear ends of the modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.