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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Hutch Coburn, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark Smrha, Burnsville, MN (US);
Chad Sjodin, Hopkins, MN (US);
Craig Fleming, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H02G 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4459 (2013.01); H02G 3/0608 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of terminating a cable includes: a) providing an overhead cable pathway structure that defines a cable-carrying region; b) mounting adapters to the overhead cable pathway structure outside of the cable-carrying region; c) routing a cable from the cable-carrying region of the overhead cable pathway structure to the adapter mounted to the cable pathway structure; and d) terminating the cable to the adapter.