Patent ID: 9720200
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for facilitating installation of a communications cable, the apparatus comprising: a housing including a plurality of tabs respectively opposing first portions of the housing, at least one first tab of the tabs being deformable, wherein the tabs are arranged spaced from each other along a pathway defined by (i) the tabs and the respective opposing first portions of the housing and (ii) opposing second and third portions of the housing, wherein a groove in one portion of the second and third portions separates at least one second tab of the tabs from the one portion of the second and third portions, and wherein the pathway is configured to releasably secure the cable therein, the cable being securable within the pathway by movement of the cable from external the apparatus, through spaces defined between the tabs and the respective opposing first portions of the housing and into the pathway, the pathway defining a curve, wherein the curve defines a radius of curvature within a predetermined range of values for the cable at which transmission loss of a signal conveyed through the cable is minimized.