Fiber optic cable assemblies with in-line terminal assemblies and methods of making and installing same

Abstract

A fiber optic cable assembly including a fiber optic cable carrying a plurality of optical fibers. A terminal assembly is coupled to the fiber optic cable along a length of the cable and is where a subset of the optical fibers terminate. The terminal assembly includes a fiber optic adapter optically connected to the subset of the optical fibers. The fiber optic adapter is rotatable about an axis of the fiber optic cable between two or more positions. A portion the terminal assembly is axially movable along a length of the fiber optic cable from a locked position in which the fiber optic adapter is not rotatable about the axis to an unlocked position in which the fiber optic adapter is rotatable about the axis. A method of making and installing such a fiber optic cable assembly is also disclosed.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.