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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Afl Ig Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Inventors:
Artur Bureacov, Tacoma, WA (US);
Terry M. Kleeberger, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
AFL IG LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4479 (2013.01); B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29C 35/02 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01); B29L 2011/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for manufacturing a fiber optic cable breakout assembly comprising a molded array of furcation tubes are provided. In some embodiments, a pin retainer is connected to a plurality of pins for use in facilitating heat transfer to furcation tubes and influencing a structural arrangement of a molded array of the furcation tubes. The pin retainer can be removably connected to a pull arm on a heating system for heating molding the furcation tubes, and the pull arm can be automatically retracted after a molding process is complete, to withdraw the pins from the molded array.