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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Joseph Clinton Jensen, Lawndale, NC (US);
Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr., Newton, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable and related systems and methods are provided. A method for field terminating an optical fiber of a fiber optic distribution cable includes accessing at least one of a plurality of optical fibers of the distribution cable by creating an access location in the distribution cable, inserting a cutting tool through the access location such that the cutting tool extends longitudinally past the access location a predetermined distance, terminating the at least one of the plurality of optical fibers at the predetermined distance, removing at least a portion of the at least one terminated optical fiber through the access location, and inserting the portion of the at least one terminated optical fiber through a furcation tube premounted on a small access closure device.