US 12,455,416 B2
Low profile fiber holders for use with bare fiber multi-fiber fiber optic connectors
David Donald Erdman, Hummelstown, PA (US); Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Harrisburg, PA (US); Josiah D. Kadar-Kallen, Harrisburg, PA (US); Jaime Gonzalez Batista, Prior Lake, MN (US); and Randall Bobby Paul, Elizabethville, PA (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Appl. No. 18/043,411
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/047370
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/046784, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,646, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/071,779, filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393345 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3636 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3652 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A fiber holder for holding optical fibers, the fiber holder comprising:
a main holder body having a length that extends between first and second ends of the main holder body, a width that extends between first and second side walls of the main holder body, and a height that extends between top and bottom sides of the main holder body;
the main holder body defining a plurality of fiber positioning grooves that extend along the length of the main holder body and are spaced across the width of the main holder body; and
a cover that mounts within a main channel between the first and second side walls of the main holder body to close the main channel at the top side of the main holder body and to oppose open sides of the plurality of fiber positioning grooves, wherein the cover includes two sections that are connected together by a living hinge.