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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Hubert Blair Beamon, Haltom City, TX (US);
Terry Dean Cox, Keller, TX (US);
Hubert Blair Beamon, Haltom City, TX (US);
Terry Dean Cox, Keller, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A strain relief device for a fiber optic cable is disclosed. The strain relief device has a cable fitting having a cable fitting body, a shoulder washer and a compression cap. The cable fitting is positioned on the fiber optic cable. The shoulder washer is installed on a central tube of the fiber optic cable, under strength members of the fiber optic cable and fitted in the cable fitting body. The compression cap is installed over the central tube with the strength members inserted through the compression cap. The strength members are compressed between the shoulder washer and the compression cap. The compression cap provides compressive force between the cable fitting body, the shoulder washer and the compression cap.