Back to results
US 2004/0001686 A1Published application
Aerial closure for local convergence point
AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsKelly J. Smith, Donnie R. Clapp JR.
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsKelly J. Smith, Donnie R. Clapp JR.
Estimating the term…
A closure interconnects at least one optical fiber of a feeder cable with two or more optical fibers of a distribution cable at a local convergence point in an optical network. The base of the closure defines a fiber storage and fiber management area adjacent one of the end caps and a fiber coupling area adjacent the other end cap. The fiber coupling area includes one or more coupler modules for splitting an optical signal carried on the optical fiber of the feeder cable into different optical signals carried on the two or more optical fibers of the distribution cable. The optical fiber of the feeder cable is spliced to an input optical fiber of a connectorized pigtail and then split into two or more output optical fibers of connectorized pigtails. The output optical fibers of the pigtails are then spliced to optical fibers of the distribution cable.
A closure for interconnecting at least one optical fiber of a feeder cable with two or more optical fibers of a distribution cable, the closure comprising:
A closure for interconnecting an input optical fiber with a plurality of output optical fibers, the closure comprising:
A closure for interconnecting an input optical fiber with a plurality of output optical fibers, the closure comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.