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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Brandon Duvall Compton, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Mark Edward Conner, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Michael Todd Faulkner, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Joseph Clinton Jensen, Lawndale, NC (US);
Lars Kristian Nielsen, Hickory, NC (US);
Brandon Duvall Compton, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Mark Edward Conner, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Michael Todd Faulkner, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Joseph Clinton Jensen, Lawndale, NC (US);
Lars Kristian Nielsen, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable assembly includes leg assemblies, a trunk assembly, a splice assembly, and a furcation assembly. Each leg assembly includes a jacket, an optical fiber, strength members, and a connector. The trunk assembly includes a jacket, optical fibers, strength members, and a multi-fiber connector. The splice assembly includes a tube supporting the optical fibers of the leg and trunk assemblies that are spliced together. The furcation assembly is attached to the splice assembly and includes a fan-out structure and first and second locks. The first lock binds the strength members of the leg assemblies to the furcation assembly, and the second lock binds the strength members of the trunk to the furcation assembly. As such, the furcation assembly provides a mechanical linkage between the trunk and leg assemblies to strain relieve the spliced optical fibers in the tube.