System and method for anchoring fiber optic cables to provide strain relief
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Holmberg, Paula Rudenick
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Abstract
A cable anchoring assembly includes a jacket anchoring block having a jacket clamping location and a reinforcing structure anchoring block mounted to the jacket anchoring block. The reinforcing structure anchoring block includes a reinforcing structure anchoring location that defines a fastener opening and an access slot that extends outwardly from the fastener opening. The access slot has a first open end positioned at the fastener opening and a second open end offset from the fastener opening. The access slot provides an open lateral passage into the fastener opening. A fastener is adapted for engagement in the fastener opening.
Claims20
A cable anchoring assembly comprising:
- a jacket anchoring block having a jacket clamping location;
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- a reinforcing structure anchoring block mounted to the jacket anchoring block, the reinforcing structure anchoring block including:
- a reinforcing structure anchoring location, the reinforcing structure anchoring location defining a fastener opening and an access slot that extends outwardly from the fastener opening, the access slot having a first open end positioned at the fastener opening and a second open end offset from the fastener opening, wherein the access slot provides an open lateral passage into the fastener opening;
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- a fastener adapted for engagement in the fastener opening.
A fiber optic enclosure comprising:
- a main housing body defining an interior region;
- a cable anchoring assembly secured to the main housing body, the cable anchoring assembly including:
- a jacket anchoring block having a jacket clamping location;
- and
- a reinforcing structure anchoring block mounted to the jacket anchoring block, the reinforcing structure anchoring block including:
- a reinforcing structure anchoring location, the reinforcing structure anchoring location defining a fastener opening and an access slot that extends outwardly from the fastener opening, the access slot having a first open end positioned at the fastener opening and a second open end offset from the fastener opening, wherein the access slot provides an open lateral passage into the fastener opening;
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- a fastener adapted for engagement in the fastener opening;
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- a first fiber optic cable routed into the interior region of the main housing body, the first fiber optic cable including at least one optical fiber, a reinforcing structure that extends a length of the first fiber optic cable, and an outer jacket that surrounds the optical fiber, wherein the outer jacket of the first fiber optic cable is secured to the jacket anchoring block and the reinforcing structure is secured to the reinforcing structure anchoring block.
A method for securing a fiber optic cable to a fiber optic enclosure, the method comprising:
- removing a portion of an outer jacket from an end of a fiber optic cable so that a reinforcing structure of the fiber optic cable and an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable are exposed;
- routing the end of the fiber optic cable through a channel of a jacket anchoring block of a cable anchoring assembly that is disposed in an interior region of a fiber optic enclosure;
- securing the outer jacket of the fiber optic cable to the jacket anchoring block;
- routing the reinforcing structure laterally through an access slot in a reinforcing structure anchor block and into a fastener opening in the reinforcing structure anchor block;
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- securing the reinforcing structure of the fiber optic cable to the reinforcing structure anchor block by engaging a fastener in the fastener opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.