Patent ID: 8559786

Claim:
A device for receiving at least one subassembly having at least one furcation plug or at least one furcation adaptor being a portion of at least one optical fiber cable assembly and for fastening the or each subassembly received on the device to a mounting via the device, the device comprising: a bar-shaped basic body; a guide element formed on a topside of the basic body for receiving the at least one subassembly, the guide element comprising: a bottom wall; a top wall; two opposite side walls, said bottom wall, said top wall and said opposite side walls defining an interior of said guide element for receiving at least two subassemblies, and said interior being open at a front end and a rear end of said guide element; and a hinge assigned to said top wall of said guide element so that a first side wall of said two opposite side walls can be rotated around said hinge with respect to a second side wall of said two side opposite walls and with respect to said bottom wall in order to open and close said guide element for positioning a subassembly within the guide element or for removing a subassembly from the same; and anchoring elements formed on an underside of the device, in the region of mutually opposite ends of the basic body via which the device can be introduced into recesses of the mounting.