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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Mark David Appenzeller, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Monique Lise Cote, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Brent Michael Frazier, Haslet, TX (US);
Raymond Glenn Jay, Arlington, TX (US);
Mark David Appenzeller, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Monique Lise Cote, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Brent Michael Frazier, Haslet, TX (US);
Raymond Glenn Jay, Arlington, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications housing includes a plurality of outer walls defining a housing interior volume and an exit. A plurality of adapters is disposed on an interior panel for connection to connectors of fiber optic cables. At least one radius guide is mounted in the interior volume and has a cable guide portion configured to receive portions of the fiber optic cables and guide the fiber optic cables toward the exit without violating a predetermined minimum fiber optic bend radius. An external guide member may also be located on the outside the housing adjacent the exit. The external guide member has a cable guide portion configured to receive portions of the fiber optic cables and guide the fiber optic cables away from the exit without violating a predetermined minimum fiber optic bend radius.