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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Mark O. Vogel, Statesville, NC (US);
Christopher P. Gemme, Hickory, NC (US);
Mark E. Alrutz, Hickory, NC (US);
Martin B. Lee, Denver, NC (US);
Commscope Properties, LLC, Sparks, NV (US);
Abstract
An aerial fiber optic cable system includes a distribution cable extending along an aerial route, a splice enclosure connected to the distribution cable along the aerial route, and a first sub-distribution fiber optic system extending along the aerial route in a first direction away from the fiber optic splice enclosure. The first sub-distribution system may include spaced apart fiber optic taps along the aerial route, a first sub-distribution fiber optic cable between the fiber optic splice enclosure and a first fiber optic tap, and at least one second sub-distribution fiber optic cable between adjacent fiber optic taps so that the first sub-distribution fiber optic cable and the at least one second sub-distribution fiber optic cable are arranged in end-to-end relation. The system may also or alternately include a similar lateral sub-distribution system.