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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Chi Ming Wang, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Ibrahim M. Elnatour, Orland Park, IL (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes: first and second fiber optic cables, each of the first and second fiber optic cables including an exposed portion of an optical fiber and an overlying jacket, wherein the optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable is fusion spliced to the optical fiber of the second fiber optic cable to form a splice area; a splice protector that surrounds the splice area of the first and second fiber optic cables; a flexible tube that encircles the splice protector, the exposed portions of the first and second fiber optic cables, and end portions of the jackets of the first and second fiber optic cables, wherein the splice protector, the exposed portions of optical fibers of the first and second fiber optic cables reside in a lumen of the flexible tube; first and second adhesive barriers positioned between an inner surface of the flexible tube and the end portions of the first and second fiber optic cables, respectively; and an outer sleeve that circumferentially overlies the flexible tube and portions of the jackets of the first and second fiber optic cables.