Splicing optical fiber cable using a mass fusion splicer having a pitch different from cable pitch
US10185089B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4431
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for splicing a first optical fiber ribbon cable to a second optical fiber ribbon cable includes separating an end of the first optical fiber ribbon cable into loose optical fibers, and re-ribbonizing the loose optical fibers into a ribbonized end having a second pitch different from the first pitch of the original first optical fiber ribbon cable. The method further includes inserting the ribbonized end into a mass fusion splicer having the second pitch, and splicing the ribbonized end to the end of the second optical fiber ribbon cable using the mass fusion splicer.
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