Fiber optic cable with flexible conduit
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorCyle D. Petersen
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable that includes a plurality of internal optical fibers and a fiber optic cable portion. The fiber optic cable portion includes an outer jacket and an inner conduit, the inner conduit containing the plurality of optical fibers disposed therein. The fiber optic cable further includes a flexible conduit portion, wherein the flexible conduit portion has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is secured to the fiber optic cable portion and the distal end has a terminating device. The terminating device at least partially encases the flexible conduit portion, and the plurality of optical fibers passes through the flexible conduit portion and the terminating device.
Claims18
A fiber optic cable comprising:
- a plurality of internal optical fibers housed within furcation tubes;
- and
- a flexible conduit portion, wherein the flexible conduit portion has a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a terminating device including a fan-out device, wherein the terminating device at least partially encases the flexible conduit portion, and wherein the plurality of optical fibers passes through the flexible conduit portion and the terminating device,
- wherein the fiber optic cable includes a plurality of inner strength members disposed between an outer jacket and an inner conduit of a trunk cable portion secured to the flexible conduit portion.
A fiber optic cable comprising:
- a plurality of internal optical fibers housed within furcation tubes;
- and
- a flexible conduit portion, wherein the flexible conduit portion has a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a terminating device including a fan-out device, wherein the terminating device at least partially encases the flexible conduit portion, and wherein the plurality of optical fibers passes through the flexible conduit portion and the terminating device,
- telecommunications equipment including a termination location, wherein the telecommunications equipment is configured to receive the distal end of the flexible conduit portion, and wherein the plurality of optical fibers are configured to connect to the termination location in the telecommunications equipment;
- wherein the flexible conduit portion is bent relative to an axis of the fiber optic cable, wherein an outer jacket and an inner conduit of a trunk cable portion terminate so as to allow only optical fibers to extend through a portion of the flexible conduit portion to the terminating device.
A fiber optic cable comprising:
- a plurality of internal optical fibers housed within furcation tubes;
- and
- a flexible conduit portion, wherein the flexible conduit portion has a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a terminating device including a fan-out device defining a plurality of openings for separating at least some of the furcation tubes, wherein the terminating device at least partially encases the flexible conduit portion, and wherein the plurality of optical fibers passes through and beyond the flexible conduit portion and the terminating device, wherein the fan-out device includes an end cap defining the plurality of openings;
- wherein the terminating device includes a body receiving the end cap, and wherein the distal end of the flexible conduit portion is received into the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.