Optical fiber management system and method and fiber bender thereof

A method of organizing optical fibers in a networking device comprising the steps of:

• attaching a plurality of fiber benders near respective bases of the optical fibers where the optical fibers connect to line modules, the fiber benders having a first end, a second end, and a central channel formed in a side of said main body;
• and
• providing a shoulder in the central channel a predetermined distance from the second end, the shoulder creating two ledges that extend from the predetermined distance from the second end to the first end and extend a predetermined distance away from the channel walls,
• wherein the fiber benders bend the optical fibers substantially orthogonal to the direction from which the optical fibers emerge from the line modules to which they are connected.

A method of organizing optical fibers in a networking device comprising the steps of:

• connecting optical fibers to the optical transducers via male and female connectors at a faceplate of the device;
• and
• attaching a plurality of fiber benders near respective bases of the optical fibers where the optical fibers terminate in the male connectors, the fiber benders having a flexible tubular main body having;
• a first end;
• a second end;
• and at least one channel formed within said main body between said first end and said second end, said first end being shaped to receive in said channel at least one optical fiber and said second end being shaped to receive in said channel at least one connector boot disposed around said optical fiber;
• and
• a shoulder in the central channel a predetermined distance from the second end, the shoulder creating two ledges that extend from the predetermined distance from the second end to the first end and extend a predetermined distance away from the channel walls,
• wherein when the optical fibers are respectively inserted into the central channels of the fiber benders, the fiber benders bend the fibers disposed in the central channels away from the chassis of the networking device.