US 11,867,872 B2
Cable fixation devices and arrangements with improved installation and space utilization at telecommunications enclosures
Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt (BE); Ward Declercq, Antwerp (BE); and Samory De Zitter, Mechelen (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/798,231
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/017678
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/163340, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,864, filed on Feb. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0129717 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4477 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly, comprising:
a cable fixation body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a first axis, from a first side to a second side along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and from a top to a bottom along a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the first and the second axes, the first and second axes defining a horizontal plane, including:
a main body defining a cable support surface and including a cable jacket fixation portion and a strength member fixation portion, the cable jacket fixation portion being configured to couple to a cable jacket clamp, the main body defining a pair of tracks on either side of a recess, the tracks and the recess being elongate parallel to the second axis; and
a strength member fixation subassembly including:
a first strength member clamp body configured to couple to and slide along the tracks to adjust a position of the strength member fixation subassembly relative to the second axis;
a second strength member clamp body including a press pin; and
a press plate, the first and second strength member clamp bodies and the press plate configured to cooperate to press a strength member of a fiber optic cable between the first strength member clamp body and the press plate with the press pin pressing the press plate toward the first strength member clamp body.