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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1991
Filed:
May. 01, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert C Beaty, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel NA, Inc., Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385147 ; 379326 ; 379329 ; 379397 ; 385 53 ;
Abstract
In order to protect electrical and fiber optic cables in a central telephone office terminal equipment frame, the cables are controlled and managed so as to be releasably retained in a service loop within a fiber management panel. The releasable retention is performed by a stretched extension spring selected, dimensioned and stretched in such a manner with respect to the diameter of the cables that each cable can be gently but firmly retained when pressed into the gap between adjacent coils. The retention spring permits emergency release of the cable in the event of mishandling of the equipment by service personnel.