Patent ID: 9341799
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A fiber optic assembly comprising: at least one fiber optic breadboard having a body in the form of a sheet having a first face opposite a second face, at least the first face having a tessellation of tray locations, said tray locations each having a plurality of fiber optic trays each having a size and shape associated to one of said fiber optic trays including a first fiber optic tray and a second fiber optic tray attached adjacent to each other at corresponding tray locations via corresponding ones of said tray attachments and having at least one optical fiber path extending from the first fiber optic tray and the second fiber optic tray, each fiber optic tray having a structure forming a corresponding portion of said at least one optical fiber path, by which an optical fiber having a critical radius of curvature can be confined within said at least one optical fiber path, said at least one optical fiber path having a radius of curvature which remains above the critical radius of curvature along an entire length of the at least one optical fiber path.