Fiber optic furcation device including expansion chamber
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorSteve Zimmel
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Abstract
An optical fiber device with an optical fiber extending from a first outer jacket through a fiber receiving device from a first outer jacket to a second outer jacket. The first outer jacket is anchored to a side of a housing of the fiber receiving device and the second outer jacket is anchored to a side of the fiber receiving device. The housing defines an interior which received the optical fiber and provides space for accumulating excess length of optical fiber generated by differential thermal contraction of the jackets and the optical fiber.
Claims13
An optical fiber device comprising:
- an optical fiber with a first end slidably enclosed within a first cable jacket and a second end slidably received within a second cable jacket, the first end of the fiber constrained with respect to the first cable jacket and the second end of the fiber constrained with respect to the second cable jacket;
- wherein a fiber receiving device positioned between the first and second cable jackets permits the excess fiber length to accumulate without bending in a radius smaller than a minimum bend radius.
A method of assembling an optical fiber device comprising:
- providing a first optical fiber cable with an optical fiber extending within an inner opening of a first outer jacket, the optical fiber and the first outer jacket each having a first end and a second ends, the first ends of the first outer jacket and the optical fiber constrained within respect to each other;
- extending the second end of the optical fiber beyond the second end of the first outer jacket;
- extending the second end of the optical fiber through a first opening into an interior of a fiber receiving device;
- anchoring the second end of the first outer jacket to the side of the fiber receiving device at the first opening;
- anchoring a first end of a second outer jacket of a second optical fiber cable to the fiber receiving device at a second opening;
- extending the second end of the optical fiber from the interior through the second opening and into an inner opening of the second outer jacket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.