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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2005
James L. Baucom, Conover, NC (US);
David L. Dean, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
Jody L. Greenwood, Hickory, NC (US);
Keith H. Lail, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Kenneth D. Temple, Jr., Newton, NC (US);
James L. Baucom, Conover, NC (US);
David L. Dean, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
Jody L. Greenwood, Hickory, NC (US);
Keith H. Lail, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Kenneth D. Temple, Jr., Newton, NC (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical splitter adjacent a downstream end of a fiber optic cable is operable for supplying an optical signal to at least one optical fiber from the downstream end of the fiber. A preterminated fiber optic distribution cable includes a first access location having an optical fiber termination fed from an upstream end of the cable and a second access location having an optical fiber termination fed from a downstream end of the cable, wherein the cable includes an upstream optical splitter for feeding a first set of optical fibers and a downstream optical splitter for back-feeding a second set of optical fibers. A fiber optic cable comprising a first set of optical fibers that are terminated and fed from an upstream end of the fiber optic cable and a second set of optical fibers that are terminated and fed from a downstream end of the fiber optic cable.