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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Scott C. Kowalczyk, Savage, MN (US);
Joshua M. Simer, Chaska, MN (US);
Jerad D. Whitaker, Richfield, MN (US);
Oscar Fernando Bran DE León, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Scott C. Kowalczyk, Savage, MN (US);
Joshua M. Simer, Chaska, MN (US);
Jerad D. Whitaker, Richfield, MN (US);
Oscar Fernando Bran de León, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications apparatus that includes a fan-out module main body adapted for connection to a rack. The telecommunications apparatus also includes a fan-out block attached to the fan-out module main body. The telecommunications apparatus also includes a multi-fiber cable segment. The multi-fiber cable segment includes first and second strength members. The first and second strength members are anchored to the fan-out block. The telecommunications apparatus further includes a plurality of pigtail cable segments each including a jacket containing one of the optical fibers and a plurality of flexible strength members positioned inside the jacket. The flexible strength members of the pigtail cable segments are anchored to the fan-out block, the optical fibers being fanned out from the multi-fiber cable segment to the pigtail cable segments within the fan-out block. The telecommunications apparatus also includes a plurality of single fiber connectors mounted to free ends of the pigtail cable segments.