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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Zachary M. Thompson, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan V. Haggar, Austin, TX (US);
Brian M. Cole, Austin, TX (US);
Edward B. Lurie, Round Rock, TX (US);
Victor J. Borer, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4465 (2013.01); G02B 6/3861 (2013.01); G02B 6/443 (2013.01); G02B 6/4466 (2013.01); G02B 6/4476 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cable assembly is described that includes a preterminated optical fiber drop cable having a connector body mounted on a terminal end thereof, and a removable installation device attached to a jacket of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable by an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion includes a pair of tear tabs that provides tool-less removal of the installation device from the preterminated optical fiber drop cable.