Launch cable assembly, kit and method
US9310275B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/444
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A launch cable assembly for use with an MPO switch and OTDR to test a multi-fiber cable, which includes a mandrel around which is wrapped between twenty-five and two hundred feet of multiple fiber optic strands, where the mandrel and fiber optic strands are housed within a housing, the fiber optic strands are in optical communication with a port in the housing, the fiber optic strands exit the housing from a fiber exit in the housing, and the fiber optic strands terminate in an assembly connector, which is preferably a standard MPO connector.
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