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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey Buddington, Stoke by Clare, GB;
Jose-Luis Gonzalez Blazquez, Madrid, ES;
Patrick Jacques Ann Diepstraten, Beringen, BE;
Neil Stewart Bird, Vlaams Brabant, BE;
Assignee:
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/52 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/52 (2013.01); G02B 6/3825 (2013.01); G02B 6/4458 (2013.01); G02B 6/4471 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, assemblies and methods for deploying an optical fiber through a duct to a customer premises. A blowable section of the optical fiber is blown through the duct. A non-blowable section of the optical fiber is coupled to a trail end of the duct. The non-blowable section can be terminated with a hardened or ruggedized connector. The optical fiber, including both the blowable and non-blowable sections, can be wound around a spool for easy payout of the blowable section.