Patent ID: 6580867
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
A support for small-diameter filamentary elements having a diameter less than or equal to 1 millimeter, in particular optical fibers and/or electrical coaxial cables, the support comprising longitudinal channels each intended to house a respective filamentary element, each channel being defined by two longitudinal walls interconnected by a web and defining a longitudinal channel opening, the width of said longitudinal opening being variable by elastically deforming the longitudinal walls between an access configuration giving access to the channel enabling a filamentary element to pass through said opening and a retaining configuration for retaining a filamentary element in the channel; andwherein the longitudinal openings of successive channels open out alternately into opposite faces of the support, the webs of the channels alternating with the longitudinal walls of said channels so as to define a cross-section for the support that zigzags back and forth.