US 11,852,882 B2
Packaging assembly for telecommunications equipment
Thomas Marcouiller, Shakopee, MN (US); Paula Lockhart, New Prague, MN (US); Michael J. Schomisch, Rosemount, MN (US); Tomas Fucsek, Brno-Slatina (CZ); and Roman Solich, Hysly (CZ)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 16/976,172
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/020077
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/169148, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,778, filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,556, filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0409009 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); B65H 49/28 (2006.01); B65H 57/02 (2006.01); B65H 75/04 (2006.01); B65H 75/14 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4457 (2013.01) [B65H 49/28 (2013.01); B65H 57/02 (2013.01); B65H 75/14 (2013.01); B65H 2701/32 (2013.01); B65H 2701/536 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging assembly for telecommunications modules comprising:
a plurality of telecommunications modules provided in a stacked arrangement in a first container;
a plurality of telecommunications modules provided in a stacked arrangement in an adjacent second container; and
a removable radius limiter including a spool having a curved surface and a planar support wall with at least one mounting clip, the at least one mounting clip defining a retaining surface extending parallel to the support wall, wherein the radius limiter includes cable management fingers extending away from the curved surface, wherein the radius limiter is mounted generally between the first and second containers for guiding fiber optic cabling extending from the telecommunications modules with minimum bend radius protection such that the radius limiter is configured to be slidably mounted to a sidewall of the first or the second container with a friction fit and the planar support wall of the radius limiter is configured to end between the plurality of telecommunications modules provided in the first container and the plurality of telecommunications modules provided in the second container, wherein, in the friction fit, a sidewall of the first or the second container is, or the sidewalls of the first and second containers are, received between the retaining surface and the planar support wall, wherein the spool of the radius limiter defines a longitudinal axis that is generally parallel to a module-insertion direction and wherein the planar support wall of the radius limiter is also generally parallel to the module-insertion direction, wherein the fiber optic cabling extending from the telecommunications module is guided around the spool of the radius limiter with minimum bend radius protection in a direction generally perpendicular to the module-insertion direction.