Patent ID: 7613376
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber fanout device, comprising: a housing having a fiber telescoping cavity therein; an optical fiber tubing receiving opening in the housing that extends to the fiber telescoping cavity, the optical fiber tubing receiving opening being configured to secure a plurality of optical fiber tubes therein; and an optical fiber receiving opening in the housing that extends to the cavity, the optical fiber receiving opening being displaced from the optical fiber tubing receiving opening by a distance selected to define an arc for an optical fiber extending from the optical fiber receiving opening to the optical fiber tubing receiving opening that exceeds a minimum bend radius for the optical fiber, and wherein the fiber telescoping cavity is sized to accommodate the arc for the optical fiber and differential thermal expansion and contraction of the optical fiber without accommodating additional lengths of the optical fiber and without accommodating any additional lengths of any other optical fibers so that the optical fiber and the optical fibers each define only a single semi-circular arc when installed in the optical fiber fanout device.