Patent ID: 8270797

Claim:
A communication socket, comprising: a base having a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls; a cover which is removably fitted with said base; a plurality of optical fiber inlets provided on the bottom wall and sidewalls of the base; and a splice holder disposed on said base for holding a splicing sleeve, the splice holder comprising a body; at least a splice channel provided on a surface of said body; an elastic device provided in each splice channel for holding a splicing sleeve elastically in said splice channel; and an arched optical fiber guiding part bent away from the surface of the splice holder on which the splice channel is provided and forming an optical fiber inlet with a sloped entrance portion to guide fibers from a first storage elevation to a second splicing elevation, wherein a space is formed between said splice holder and a bottom wall of the base in said communication socket, wherein optical fiber can be stored in said space.