Optical fiber or cable storage module for installation at customer premises

US8818157B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OFS Fitel, LLC · US

Inventors

• Denis E. Burek · Cumming, US
• Daniel Hendrickson · Roswell, US
• Paul Dickinson · Johns Creek, US
• John E George · San Diego, US
• Williard C. White · Suwanee, US
• Jimmy Joy · Lawrenceville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/18
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical fiber or cable storage module includes a back wall and a number of resilient mounting fingers extending from the back wall, and a fiber supply spool having an axial bore formed to receive the mounting fingers and to engage the fingers when the spool is urged toward the back wall so that the spool is restrained from axial movement. The spool includes a hub, and a first winding section for containing a length of fiber sufficient to route between a service terminal outside a user premises and a location near a user terminal inside the premises. The mounting fingers have corresponding catches at the ends of the fingers, and the inner circumference of the bore in the supply spool has an annular groove formed to seat the catches for restraining the spool from axial movement.