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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
David Z. Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
Christina M. Colasanto, New Ipswich, NH (US);
Christopher D. Levendos, Yonkers, NY (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A cable assembly may include a plurality of cable connectors and a cable jacket. Each cable connector may include a ferrule and a cable boot. Each ferrule may have a ferrule passage between a leading end and a trailing end and may be configured to receive an optical fiber. Each cable boot may include a first end with a recess configured to receive at least a portion of the ferrule and a second end having a boot passage connected to the recess and configured to receive at least a portion of the optical fiber. The cable jacket may include a jacket passage between a first portion and a second portion and may be configured to selectively release the plurality of cable connectors in the first configuration and receive the plurality of cable connectors in the second configuration.