US 12,487,424 B2
Freestanding telecommunications cable guide that is both movable and slidable
Jonathan R. Kaml, Shakopee, MN (US); and Kenneth Allen Skluzacek, Belle Plaine, MN (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/604,134
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/028531
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/214817, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/835,303, filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/852,518, filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229253 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4452 (2013.01) [G02B 6/44526 (2023.05); G02B 6/44528 (2023.05); G02B 6/4455 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telecommunications system comprising:
a cable including a plurality of optical fibers;
a chassis having a first internal area and a second internal area, the second internal area having a base surface;
a cable guide having a planar base, the planar base disposed on the base surface of the second internal area of the chassis such that the cable guide is freestanding on the base surface, the cable guide movable within the second internal area of the chassis with the planar base slidable along the base surface, the cable guide defining at least one cable channel disposed above the planar base, the cable being positioned, and movable, within the at least one cable channel, wherein the at least one cable channel has an open position, where access to the at least one cable channel is allowed, and a closed position, where access to the at least one cable channel is restricted; and
a telecommunications component positioned at the first internal area of the chassis, the telecommunications component being attached to the cable, the telecommunications component being movably mounted to the chassis between a first position and a second position, wherein, when the telecommunications component is moved between the first and second positions, the cable moves within the at least one cable channel of the cable guide.