Patent ID: 8218936
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A device for receiving a fiber optic cable subassembly and fastening the fiber optic cable subassembly to a mounting, comprising: a body comprising a front end, a rear end, a topside, and an underside; a rear anchor formed on the underside at the rear end and adapted to be introduced in a recess of a mounting; a u-shaped stop formed on the underside at the front end, the u-shaped stop comprising a closed portion and a front anchor formed therein, and the u-shaped stop is adapted to be introduced in a recess of the mounting; and a guide rail formed on the topside and adapted to receive the fiber optic cable subassembly when the fiber optic cable subassembly is pushed onto the guide rail in a push-on direction; and an elastically deformable stop formed at the rear end, wherein the front anchor and the rear anchor are adapted to fasten a fiber optic cable subassembly received on the device to the mounting, and the u-shaped stop is adapted to deform resulting in the body arching and thereby clamping the front anchor and the rear anchor in the recesses of the mounting when the u-shaped stop is introduced in the recess of the mounting, wherein the push-on direction is from the rear end towards the front end, and wherein the elastically deformable stop is adapted to act opposite to the push-on direction for preventing the fiber optic cable subassembly from being inadvertently removed from the guide rail.