Cable assembly with a removable installation device
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorsZachary M. Thompson, Jonathan V. Haggar, Brian M. Cole, Edward B. Lurie, Victor J. Borer
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Abstract
A cable assembly is described that includes a preterminated optical fiber drop cable having a connector body mounted on a terminal end thereof, and a removable installation device attached to a jacket of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable by an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion includes a pair of tear tabs that provides tool-less removal of the installation device from the preterminated optical fiber drop cable.
Claims20
A cable assembly, comprising:
- a preterminated optical fiber drop cable having a connector body mounted on a terminal end thereof;
- and
- a removable installation device attached to a jacket of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable by an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion includes at least one tear tab configured to be pulled by a user to facilitate tool-less removal of the installation device from the preterminated optical fiber drop cable.
A cable assembly, comprising:
- a preterminated optical fiber drop cable having a connector body mounted on a terminal end thereof;
- and
- a removable installation device attached to a jacket of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable by an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion includes a sleeve portion and an adhesive portion, wherein the sleeve portion includes at least one longitudinal slit extending from a first end of the sleeve portion to a second end of the sleeve portion to provide tool-less removal of the installation device from the preterminated optical fiber drop cable.
A method for installing a fiber optic cable assembly, the method comprising:
- routing a first end of a cable assembly from an exterior location through a building entrance point into an interior location of a building, wherein the first end of the cable assembly includes (i) a preterminated optical fiber drop cable having a connector body mounted on a terminal end of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable, and (ii) an installation device attached to a jacket of the preterminated optical fiber drop cable by an attachment portion;
- and
- toollessly removing the installation device from the preterminated optical fiber drop cable within the interior location of the building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.