IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,197,025
Granted Patent B2
US 12,197,025 · App. 18/462,264 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Frame assemblies for optical fiber distribution elements

Inventors: David Jan Irma Van Baelen (Winksele, BE); Wouter Vranken (Nieuwrode, BE); Heidi Bleus (Genk, BE); Willem Lea Marcel De Vis (Merchtem, BE); Geert Antoon Parton (Lubbeek, BE)
Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
G02B6/4452G02B6/3897G02B6/4471
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Patent No.
US 12,197,025
App. No.
18/462,264
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cable management structure includes a base portion for removable mounting on a telecommunications fixture, the base portion defining an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion separated by a cable channel, wherein a transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions communicates with the cable channel for insertion of cables into the channel and a flexible portion that is elastically flexible and is biased to cover at least a portion of the slit for retaining cables within the channel.

Claims (18)

1. A cable management structure comprising:

a base portion for removable mounting on a telecommunications fixture, the base portion defining an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion separated by a cable channel, wherein a transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions communicates with the cable channel for insertion of cables into the channel; and

a flexible portion that defines a fixation portion that is fixed with respect to the base portion, the flexible portion also defining an elongate portion that extends along the upper and lower guide portions that is elastically flexible relative to the upper and lower guide portions and is biased to cover at least a portion of the slit for retaining cables within the channel, wherein the elongate portion of the flexible portion protrudes laterally from the base portion so as to be positioned farther out than side faces defined by both the upper and lower guide portions, wherein the elongate portion of the flexible portion that protrudes laterally from the base portion so as to be positioned farther out than the side faces defined by the upper and lower guide portions is configured to be contacted manually or by cabling for biased movement of the elongate portion for exposing at least a portion of the slit for insertion of cables into the cable channel.

2. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein the base portion defines mounting features having a dovetail configuration for slidable insertion into slots provided on the telecommunications fixture.

3. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein the flexible portion is defined by a separate structure that is snap-fit to the base portion.

4. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein the flexible portion is unitarily molded with at least a portion of at least one of the upper and lower guide portions of the base portion.

5. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the upper and lower guide portions defines a curved surface for bend radius protection.

6. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein the elongate portion of the flexible portion that protrudes laterally from the base portion so as to be positioned farther out than the side faces defined by the upper and lower guide portions defines a finger tab at an end thereof for manual flexing of the flexible portion for insertion and/or removal of cables, wherein the finger tab defines a tapered surface that, when contacted by cabling along a first direction, the interaction of the cabling with the tapered surface forces movement of the elongate portion of the flexible portion under a bias in a second direction that is different than the first direction.

7. The cable management structure of claim 6 , wherein the first direction is a lateral direction and the second direction is along an upward to downward direction.

8. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein the entire cable management structure is a unitarily-molded integral structure.

9. The cable management structure of claim 5 , wherein each of the upper and lower guide portions defines a curved surface for bend radius protection.

10. The cable management structure of claim 1 , wherein the base portion defines slide mounting features with a dovetail configuration for slidably mounting the cable management structure in an insertion direction to the telecommunications fixture, the base portion further defining a flexible mounting tab that is used to latch and fix the cable management structure relative to the telecommunications fixture, the flexible mounting tab also configured for unlatching the cable management structure from the telecommunications fixture before the slide mounting features with the dovetail configuration can be slid in a direction opposite to the insertion direction for removing the cable management structure from the telecommunications fixture.

11. A method of inserting a cable into a cable channel of a cable management structure that defines an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion separated by the cable channel, wherein a transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions communicates with the cable channel for insertion of cables into the channel, the method comprising:

manually contacting an elongate portion of the cable management structure that extends along the upper and lower guide portions and that protrudes laterally so as to be positioned farther out than side faces defined by both the upper and lower guide portions; and

flexing the elongate portion of the cable management structure under a bias to expose at least a portion of the transverse slit defined between the upper and lower guide portions.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the flexing step further comprises contacting a tapered surface defined by a finger tab at an end of the elongate portion to flex the elongate portion under a bias.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising contacting the tapered surface defined by the finger tab with a cable along a first direction such that the interaction of the cable with the tapered surface forces movement of the elongate portion under a bias in a second direction that is different than the first direction.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first direction is a lateral direction and the second direction is along an upward-to-downward direction.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17873514 · Jul 26, 2022
Continuation 17187183 · Feb 26, 2021
Continuation PCTEP2019073286 · Aug 30, 2019
Provisional Application 62725932 · Aug 31, 2018
Related Publication 20240103243A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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