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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2024
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Johan Geens, Bunsbeek, BE;
Pieter Doultremont, Kermt-Hasselt, BE;
Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt, BE;
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications terminal including a terminal housing and a fiber optic adapter secured to the terminal housing and having a first port accessible from outside the terminal housing and a second port positioned inside the terminal housing, the first port being a hardened port. A first fiber optic cable is routed into the terminal housing, the first fiber optic cable being a tether cable having a free end outside the terminal housing, the free end including a hardened fiber optic connector. A second fiber optic cable is routed into the terminal housing, the second fiber optic cable including at least one optical fiber connected to the fiber optic adapter and at least one optical fiber connected to the tether cable.