Fiber Optic Cable Holding Device Radial Parking Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for supporting fiber optic cables in cable sleeves make it difficult to access installed optical fiber cables without exposing them to increased attenuation, due to complex handling procedures.
Innovation Solution
A device with a receiving part that protrudes radially from the mounting part, providing a defined parking position for optical fiber cables, allowing safe removal and retraction of the cables during maintenance, reducing the risk of attenuation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If fiber optic cables are intercepted individually using slide parts on a mounting part, then the cables are safely supported and protected, but accessing the installed cables becomes difficult and causes handling difficulties
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into a mounting part (fixed to the sealing body) and separate slide parts (that can be removed). Each slide part individually supports a cable while allowing easy removal. This segmentation enables cables to be securely held during normal operation but easily accessed when maintenance is needed, resolving the contradiction between protection and accessibility.
2Reliability
If complex handling procedures are used to access installed optical fiber cables, then the cables remain securely intercepted, but the risk of increased attenuation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The slide parts are extracted as separate, removable components from the mounting part. When cable maintenance is needed, only the specific slide part containing the target cable is removed, not the entire cable support system. This allows the cable to be accessed with minimal disturbance and reduced handling complexity, thereby reducing attenuation risk while maintaining security for other cables.
3Adaptability or versatility
If individual slide parts are used to support each fiber optic cable, then each cable is adaptively supported, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple slide parts are designed with identical structures and functions, each capable of supporting cables of different diameters through radial adjustment. This universality allows a single design to serve multiple purposes and accommodate various cable types, reducing overall device complexity compared to designing unique support mechanisms for each cable.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device (11) for holding fiberoptic cables in the region of a sealing body (10) of a cable junction box, namely inside an inner chamber thereof limited by said cable junction box, having a mounting part (16), wherein the mounting part (16) is attachable to the sealing body (10) of the cable junction box, having multiple sliding parts (17) engaging on the mounting part (16), wherein each sliding part serves to individually hold one fiberoptic cable (12) and is displaceable in a translational fashion in order to adapt said hold to a cable diameter of the fiberoptic cable to be held in the position thereof relative to the mounting part (16). According to the invention, the device (11) comprise at least one receiving part (22) attachable to the mounting part (16) having a length that allows said receiving part to protrude radially in the relative to the mounting part (16) and the sealing body (10) of the cable junction box when attached to the mounting part, such that a fiberoptic cable (12) held on a sliding part (17) may be removed from the mounting part (16) along with the sliding part (17) and received by a receiving part (22) attached to the mounting part (16).