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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Brandon Duvall Compton, Newton, NC (US);
Christopher Shawn Houser, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable assembly having a reduced cross-dimensional width includes a fiber optic cable carrying a plurality of optical fibers and having a furcation formed at an end thereof. The furcation includes a furcation housing and a plurality of furcation tubes extending from the furcation housing. Each of the plurality of furcation tubes is configured to receive a number of the plurality of optical fibers. The furcation further includes at least one connection interface terminating the optical fibers received in each of the plurality of furcation tubes. At least one of the furcation tubes has a diameter substantially equal to a theoretical minimum diameter corresponding to the number and size of the optical fibers received therein, and may be formed from a heat shrink material. A method of making such a fiber optic cable assembly is also disclosed.