| US 7,613,376 B2 | ||
| Optical fiber fanout devices and methods for forming the same | ||
| William Wright, Fuquay Varina, N.C. (US); David Radliff, Holly Springs, N.C. (US); Gary Adams, Holly Springs, N.C. (US); and Julian Mullaney, Raleigh, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 08, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/8,029. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/966300, filed on Aug. 27, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0060440 A1, Mar. 05, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—135 [385/134] | 25 Claims |
| 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.
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