Space-saving optical fiber cable closure
US5097529A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1991 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4445
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber cable closure (20) includes a cable termination assembly (26) and a cover (28) into which the termination assembly is inserted. The cable termination assembly includes an end plate assembly (34) through which distribution cables (21,22) to be spliced extend. From the end plate is cantilevered a distribution portion (106) which supports an optical fiber organizer (115). Mounted on the fiber organizer adjacent to a longitudinal edge thereof are a plurality of stacked organizing modules (120,120). Each module includes a plurality of nests (134-134) for receiving splicing devices such that the axes of the fibers in the devices are parallel to each other and to an axis of the closure. Optical fibers from each incoming cable are routed in individual bundles or as ribbons from the distribution portion to selected ones of the modules. The stacked organizing modules are held spaced above the fiber organizer to allow fiber to become routed therebetween thereby allowing a radius of curvature which exceeds that if the fiber had been routed between the stack of modules and an opposite longitudinal edge.
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