Cable guide for fiber termination block
US6532332B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/44528
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to the management of cross-connect cables extending from fiber termination blocks with sliding fiber adaptor modules within a fiber distribution frame. A cable management divider is mounted onto a set of arcuate cable guides to direct the cables extending across the cable guides into cable channels. The purpose for providing these channels is to reduce the interference to movement and access of cables from fiber optic adaptor modules in different areas of the fiber termination block. Depending on the density and configuration of the fiber adaptors and sliding modules within the fiber termination block, multiple sets of arcuate cable guides may be provided and multiple cable management dividers may be mounted to the arcuate cable guides. The fiber distribution frame also incorporates a cable trough system to direct cables after the cables extend through the arcuate cable guides and through the channels defined by the cable management dividers. The cable trough interior surface resists the sliding movement of cables laid in the trough is also provided. This resistance to sliding of cables is desirable since some degree of slack in the cables within the f…
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