Patent ID: 9541726
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A cable mount configured for fixing a strength member of a fiber optic cable to a fixture, the cable mount comprising: a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinal channel extending between the front end and the rear end, the longitudinal channel defined by upper and lower transverse walls and a vertical divider wall, the longitudinal channel for receiving a portion of the fiber optic cable; a strength member pocket for receiving the strength member of the fiber optic cable, the strength member pocket located on an opposite side of the divider wall from the longitudinal channel, the strength member pocket communicating with the longitudinal channel through an opening provided on the divider wall; a strength member clamp configured to fix the strength member of the fiber optic cable against axial pull relative to the cable mount; and cable management structures in the form of spools defining at least one notch therebetween that communicates with the longitudinal channel for managing and guiding optical fibers extending from a jacket of the fiber optic cable either upwardly or downwardly therethrough, wherein the cable mount is configured to also allow routing of the optical fibers through the longitudinal channel all the way from the rear end to the front end.