Fiber storage device
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsDennis Ray Wells, Rodney C. Schoenfelder, Cyle D. Petersen
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Abstract
An example fiber storage device includes a bend radius limiter extending along a height from a first end to a second end. The first end is seated at a mounting surface. One or more arms extend outwardly from the second end of the body. Each of the arms defines a retaining member that contacts the mounting surface. Each retaining member has a first contact surface that faces away from the storage surface and a second contact surface that faces towards the storage surface. A storage region is defined between the mounting surface, the storage surface, one of the arms arm, and the second contact surface of the respective retaining member.
Claims20
A fiber storage device comprising:
- a storage body extending along a height from a first end to a second end, the first end being configured to couple to a mounting surface, at least a portion of the storage body defining a storage surface that extends between the first and second ends, the storage surface being contoured to limit a bending radius of any fiber extending along the storage surface;
- an arm extending outwardly from the second end of the storage body to a distal end of the arm, the arm being sufficiently flexible to enable the distal end of the arm to deflect along the height of the storage body;
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- a retaining member disposed at the distal end of the arm, the retaining member having a first contact surface that faces away from the storage surface of the storage body and a second contact surface that faces towards the storage surface of the storage body, the first contact surface being free of sharp edges as the first contact surface transitions to a third contact surface that faces away from the second end of the storage body, the first contact surface transitioning to the third contact surface more gradually than the second contact surface transitions to the third contact surface.
A system for storing optical fibers, the system comprising:
- a mounting surface at which the optical fibers are to be stored;
- a fiber storage device secured to the mounting surface, the fiber storage device including:
- a storage body extending along a height from a first end to a second end, the first end being seated at the mounting surface, at least a portion of the storage body defining a storage surface that extends between the first and second ends, the storage surface being contoured to limit a bending radius of any fiber extending along the storage surface;
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- a plurality of arms extending outwardly from the second end of the storage body to distal ends, each of the arms defining a retaining member at the respective distal end, each retaining member having a first contact surface that faces away from the storage surface, a second contact surface that faces towards the storage surface, sides extending along convex curvatures between the first and second contact surfaces, and a third contact surface that contacts the mounting surface so that a storage region is defined between the mounting surface, the storage surface, the arm, and the second contact surface of the retaining member, the first contact surface transitioning to the third contact surface along a convex curve, the sides transitioning to the first contact surface more gradually than to the second contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.