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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1998
Brian Dale Potteiger, Reading, PA (US);
Rory Keene Schlenker, Lenhartsville, PA (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A package housing that is used to retain a wound spool and prevent a wound element from falling away from the spool. The housing includes a base segment having a hub disposed thereon and a recessed area surrounding the hub. The hub is sized to pass into the bottom end of the spool, thereby causing the spool to rest in the recessed area of the base segment of the housing. A cover segment is provided for covering the base segment of the housing and the spool. As a result, the spool becomes interposed between the base segment and the cover segment of the housing. A plurality of feed-through ports are defined between the base segment and the cover of the housing. The first end and the second end of the wound flexible element extend through two of the feed-through ports to points external of the housing.