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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Chanh C. Vo, Keller, TX (US);
Anthony R. Board, Keller, TX (US);
Guy Castonguay, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Brad N. Grunwald, Euless, TX (US);
James O. Little, Bowie, TX (US);
Chanh C. Vo, Keller, TX (US);
Anthony R. Board, Keller, TX (US);
Guy Castonguay, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Brad N. Grunwald, Euless, TX (US);
James O. Little, Bowie, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An installation closure having fiber management apparatus includes an outer shell and at least one cable centralizer disposed within the outer shell at a factory-assembled access location on a fiber optic distribution cable. The cable centralizer has a central channel for retaining the distribution cable and at least one routing slot for routing an optical fiber preterminated from the distribution cable at the access location. At least a portion of the outer shell is removed following deployment of the distribution cable and replaced with a conventional closure. An optical connector may be mounted upon the end of the preterminated optical fiber and the installation closure may further include an end centralizer having a central channel for retaining the distribution cable and at least one connector slot for retaining the connector. The replacement closure includes at least one connector port for receiving the connector from the inside of the installation closure.