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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Julian Mullaney, Raleigh, NC (US);
James A. Powell, Garner, NC (US);
William Alan Carrico, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher A. Hastings, Garner, NC (US);
Craig Ray, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Julian Mullaney, Raleigh, NC (US);
James A. Powell, Garner, NC (US);
William Alan Carrico, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher A. Hastings, Garner, NC (US);
Craig Ray, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable system includes a fiber optic main cable having a strength member and a plurality of optical fibers extending therein within an outer cable sheath. A flexible longitudinally extending inner housing is positioned proximate the plurality of optical fibers on a section of the main cable having the outer cable sheath removed. At least one fiber optic drop cable has at least one optical fiber having an end portion extending outwardly from an end of the drop cable. The end portion is spliced together with an end portion of a corresponding at least one severed end portion of one of the plurality of optical fibers of the main cable to define at least one spliced together fiber portion coupling at least one of the plurality of optical fibers of the main cable to a corresponding one of the at least one fiber of the drop cable. A longitudinally extending outer protective housing extends over the section of the main cable having the outer cable sheath removed and the inner housing and the strength member. The outer protective housing has a first opening receiving the main cable and a second opening, longitudinally displaced from the first opening, receiving the main cable and at least one of the openings receiving the drop cable or cables.