Patent ID: 6532332
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A cable management device for use with a fiber optic connector assembly, the fiber optic connector assembly including:a fixture having a first end and a second end; a plurality of signal transmission modules mounted on the fixture with each of the modules movably mounted on the fixture for movement along a line of travel, each one of the modules including a plurality of adapters for holding a fiber optic connector, each one of the adapters movable with one of the modules along the line of travel, each adapter defining a longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to the line of travel of the respective module, the longitudinal axes extending parallel to one another between the front end and the back end of the fixture; a cable fanning device including a series of spaced arcuate cable guides, each arcuate cable guide having a linear body extending transversely to the longitudinal axes and parallel to the lines of travel, the linear body having a curved outer surface, the arcuate cable guides positioned such that each of the cables connected to a first side of the modules extends from the adapters in the modules to the curved body of one of the arcuate cable guides and passes into a cable channel on the first end of the fixture, the cable management device comprising: a cable management divider mounted to the arcuate cable guides for organizing the cables extending from the modules across the cable guides and into the cable channel such that a plurality of the cable guides are divided into cable guiding sections, wherein cables extending from higher located modules are directed so as not to overlay upon and interfere with the movement of cables extending lower located modules when the fixture is mounted so that the longitudinal axes and the line of travel are horizontal.