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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2006
Applicant:
Brian Herbst, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Inventor:
Brian Herbst, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
AFL Telecommunications LLC, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tapered fiber optic distribution cable that includes a plurality of drop cables () having at least one predetermined breakout location where a drop cable is withdrawn from the tapered distribution cable. The drop cables are bound together to form the tapered fiber optic distribution cable by binding members () or helical winding. Each drop cable () contains a plurality of optical fibers which may be reconnectorized according to a user's preferences.