US 12,436,349 B2
Fiber routing insert and optical junction or distribution box
Nathan Paddick, Milan (IT); and Simon James Frampton, Milan (IT)
Assigned to PRYSMIAN S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Filed by Prysmian S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,898.
Claims priority of application No. 102022000005621 (IT), filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305256 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4471 (2013.01) [G02B 6/44515 (2023.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber routing insert for an optical junction or distribution box, comprising:
a first floor;
first guide elements extending, along a spacing direction transversal to the first floor, from the first floor to first ceiling portions, the first guide elements defining a first path on the first floor configured to receive optical fibers, the first path defining a figure-eight fiber locking path;
a second floor arranged at a raised position relative to the first floor and spaced apart from the first floor along the spacing direction, the second floor comprising a splicing area for splicing the optical fibers on the second floor;
second guide elements arranged on the second floor, the second guide elements defining a second path on the second floor configured to receive optical fibers,
a connecting element configured to guide optical fibers from the first path to the second path,
wherein:
the first ceiling portions define the second floor.