US 12,216,321 B2
Fiber optic furcation assemblies, methods, and systems
Theo Van Der Meulen, Boxtel (NL); Geert Antoon Parton, Lubbeek (BE); Dirk Alexander De Gast, Geldermalsen (NL); Heidi Bleus, Genk (BE); and Robert Lantinga, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/585,598.
Application 18/585,598 is a continuation of application No. 18/067,219, filed on Dec. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,914,210.
Application 18/067,219 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,580, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,531,177, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/201,580 is a continuation of application No. 16/463,308, granted, now 10,948,677, issued on Mar. 16, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/063073, filed on Nov. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/425,925, filed on Nov. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0272396 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4472 (2013.01) [G02B 6/38 (2013.01); G02B 6/3839 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01); G02B 6/4479 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic assembly comprising:
a cable anchor extending between a first end and a second end, the cable anchor including a housing attachment portion, a cable attachment portion that is unitarily formed with the housing attachment portion, and a passage, the housing attachment portion configured for mounting the cable anchor to a telecommunications housing,
wherein the cable anchor defines a pair of opposing sides, the cable attachment portion of the cable anchor including a first end and a second end, the cable anchor further including a flange configured for abutting the telecommunications housing when the cable anchor is mounted to the telecommunications housing, the flange defining the pair of opposing sides of the cable anchor, the housing attachment portion of the cable anchor including a latch extending between a first end defined by the flange and a second end, the latch formed from a pair of cantilevered arms that include free ends at the second end with latching elements, the latching elements including ramps that allow the cable anchor to be pushed into the telecommunications housing and thereby flexibly bend the opposing cantilevered arms toward each other as the latching elements pass into the telecommunications housing, wherein the latching elements are configured to flexibly move outwardly such that the latching elements catch on the telecommunications housing to limit axial movement of the cable anchor relative to the telecommunications housing.