Method, system, and apparatus for installation of optical fiber cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9417419-B2
Application number	US-201213684972-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2012
Priority date	May 3, 2012
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses that facilitate installation of a communications cable, e.g., an optical fiber cable, are disclosed. The system may include a communications cable and an adhesive for securing the cable to a surface. The method may include the use of an adhesive to secure the communications cable to a surface. The apparatus may include a pathway to avoid over-bending of the communications cable, which may otherwise result in transmission loss and compromise the performance of the cable.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for facilitating installation of a communications cable, the apparatus comprising:
a housing including first and second portions arranged at an angle with respect to each other, a plurality of guide structures and a plurality of tabs, wherein the housing defines first and second pathways extending from the first portion to the second portion,
in which the first pathway is defined by at least one first tab of the tabs extending along a first side of the housing and the second pathway is defined by at least one second tab of the tabs extending along a second side of the housing opposite the first side of the housing,
wherein at least one first guide structure of the guide structures is disposed spaced from the first and second sides of the housing, and wherein the first and second pathways extend respectively between the at least one guide structure and the first and second sides of the housing,
wherein the first and second pathways are configured to releasably secure the cable therein, the first and the second pathways each defining a curve, wherein the curve defines a radius of curvature within a predetermined range of values for the cable at which transmission loss of a signal conveyed through the cable is minimized,
wherein the housing defines a groove between the first and second portions at which the housing is configured for detachment of the first and second portions from each other,
wherein the groove is at the first side of the housing and the angle is defined at the second side of the housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the angle is adjustable.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second portions sections are separable so as to be detached from each other.

Assignees

• Takeuchi Kenichiro
• Lu Haiguang
• Go Foton Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Takeuchi Kenichiro
• Lu Haiguang

Classifications

• G02B6/4459

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• Y10T29/53961

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• Y10T156/10

  Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• G02B6/4401

  Optical cables (glass fibres with a protective coating G02B6/02395) · CPC title