Fiber-optic cable trough, low-profile PCB mount

US6567602B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Guy Cole · Boca Raton, US
• Babak Makooi · Boca Raton, US
• Albrecht Neudecker · Munich, DE
• Eric John Nelson · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2001
• Grant date: May 20, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4459
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber-optic cable guide includes first and second guide walls, one or more base support elements for connecting the guide walls, and a number of securing elements which extend from the guide walls along a top portion thereof. Each securing member preferably has a length which is shorter than the spacing between the guide walls. This difference in length substantially corresponds to the diameter of a fiber-optic cable. A fastener may be included on a bottom surface of one or more of the guide walls for attaching the guide to a mounting surface, which may be a printed circuit board. Furthermore, the guide walls may be conformed to traverse any desired path along the board.