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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Anne Germaine Bringuier, Taylorsville, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
David Alan Seddon, Hickory, NC (US);
Kimberly Dawn Slan, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr., Newton, NC (US);
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable assembly includes a distribution cable and a tether cable. The distribution cable includes a jacket having a generally flat profile such that the periphery of the distribution cable, when viewed in cross-section, includes two major surfaces of the jacket that are generally flat and are connected by arcuate end surfaces of the jacket. The jacket defines a cavity therein. Further, the distribution cable includes strength members embedded in the jacket and positioned on opposing sides of the cavity. The distribution cable includes a plurality of optical fibers extending through the cavity. The tether cable includes an optical fiber that is fusion spliced to one of the optical fibers of the distribution cable by way of an opening in a side of the jacket of the distribution cable.