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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Joseph Clinton Jensen, Lawndale, NC (US);
Tory Allen Klavuhn, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Lars Kristian Nielsen, Hickory, NC (US);
Benjamin Gray Whitener, Newton, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber distribution system is provided. The system includes a distribution cable having a plurality of cable optical fibers. The system includes a plurality of optical fiber tethers each including a tether optical fiber optically coupled to a cable optical fiber. The tethers provide access to and distribute the optical network at positions along the length of the optical fiber. The system is configured to provide access area organization and/or low profiles, such as through staggered tether lengths, tether webbing and/or access area sleeve arrangements.