Fiber optic drop wire splice kit
AssigneeUraseal, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Mann, John Burnham, Michael Bubak, Pamela LaRoche, Kevin Scott, Duston Shost, Joseph Bradley, James Decknick
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Abstract
The present invention features a system and method for securely holding a fiber optic drop cable splice in place and for creating a watertight splice by encapsulating two or more fiber optic cables having one or more spliced fiber optic strands in an enclosure with an encapsulant to create a permanent, watertight fiber-optic splicing system and method.
Claims14
A fiber optic drop cable splice kit, comprising:
- a fiber cable splice enclosure having a top cover portion and a bottom portion, said bottom portion including:
- at least first and second cable engagement regions, for engaging with at least first and second cables, each said first and second cable including at least one fiber strand to be spliced;
- and
- at least one spliced fiber cradle or slack fence, for holding and supporting at least the spliced first and second fibers.
A method of enclosing a fiber cable splice between first and second cables, each of the first and second cables including at least one fiber strand, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing a fiber cable splice enclosure, said fiber cable splice enclosure having a top cover portion and a bottom portion, said bottom portion including:
- at least first and second cable engagement regions, for engaging with at least first and second cables, each said first and second cable including at least one fiber strand to be spliced;
- and
- at least one spliced fiber cradle, for holding and supporting the spliced first and second fiber strands;
- splicing said at least a first strand of said first cable to said at least a first strand of said second cable;
- inserting said spliced fibers into said at least one spliced fiber cradle;
- placing said top cover portion of said enclosure on to said bottom portion, forming a central generally open region of said enclosure including at least an end region of said first and second cables and said spliced fiber strands;
- and
- generally filling said central generally open region of said enclosure with an encapsulating compound, said encapsulating compound having an initial viscosity allowing it to be poured into said enclosure but subsequently solidifying.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.