Patent ID: 8606068

Claim:
A cable housing device for holding optical fibers or fibers of an optical fiber cable, comprising: a cable housing including at least one latch and at least one passageway for the fibers, wherein the latch can be moved at least to an open and a closed state, wherein the fibers are held in the passageway in the closed state; and a removable top cover plate arranged to be coupled to the cable housing; wherein the cable housing has a mount which is arranged on a base of the cable housing, wherein the latch is attached to the mount and configured to slide along the mount relative to the base, wherein the latch can be moved by sliding the latch along the mount transversely with respect to the passageway, and wherein the removable top cover plate encloses the latch and the mount within the cable housing such that the removable top cover plate extends above the base in a longitudinal direction.