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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
James Joseph Eberle, Jr., Hummelstown, PA (US);
Commscope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a bend limiting structure for preventing a flexible optical circuit from being bent too sharply. More particularly, the invention involves adding a bend limiting layer or layers to the flexible optical circuit and/or any housing or other structure within which it is enclosed or to which it is attached. The bend-limiting layer may comprise a plurality of blocks arranged in a line or plane and joined by a flexible film that is thinner than the blocks, with the blocks positioned close enough to each other so that, if that plane of blocks is bent a predetermined amount, the edges of the blocks will interfere with each other and prevent the plane from being bent any further. The blocks may be resilient also to provide a less abrupt bend-limiting stop.