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Fiber optic cable furcation methods and assemblies

US8380029B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

Timothy S. Cline · Granite Falls, US
William Carl Hurley · Hickory, US
Eric Raymond Logan · Hickory, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2010
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/441
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Fiber optic cable furcation methods and assemblies are disclosed, wherein the method includes removing an end portion of the cable outer jacket from the fiber optic cable to expose end portions of the micromodules contained within. The method also includes helically stranding the exposed micromodule end portions to form a stranded section having a stranded configuration that includes at least three turns and that substantially immobilizes the optical fibers within their respective micromodules. The method also includes arranging a maintaining member on at least a portion of the stranded section to maintain the stranded configuration.

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