Fiber optic multi dwelling unit deployment appartus and methods for using the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsBarry Wayne Allen, David J. Braga
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Abstract
An optical fiber terminal apparatus includes an optical fiber protection jacket including a pre-defined, longitudinally extending seam that can be opened at a selected location along the jacket to define an opening into the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected location. The apparatus further includes an adapter terminal configured to mate with an outer profile of the optical fiber protection jacket. The adapter terminal includes a body portion that is configured to support a coupling between an optical fiber extending from the opening in the optical fiber protection jacket to a customer optical fiber. The seam may be repeatably and selectively closable.
Claims40
An optical fiber terminal apparatus, comprising:
- an optical fiber protection jacket including a pre-defined, longitudinally extending seam that can be opened at a selected location along the jacket to define an opening into the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected location;
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- an adapter terminal configured to mate with an outer profile of the optical fiber protection jacket, wherein the adapter terminal includes a body portion that is configured to support a coupling between an optical fiber extending from the opening in the optical fiber protection jacket to a customer optical fiber.
A fiber optic system for a multi-dwelling unit, comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers;
- a longitudinally extending optical fiber protection jacket wrapped around the optical fibers, wherein the optical fiber protection jacket includes a pre-defined longitudinally extending seam that can be opened at selected longitudinal locations along the jacket to define a plurality of openings at the selected longitudinal locations on the optical fiber jacket to provide access to the optical fibers through the openings in the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected longitudinal locations on the optical fiber protection jacket;
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- a plurality of adapter terminals configured to mate with an outer profile of the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected longitudinal locations, wherein each of the adapter terminals includes a body portion that is configured to support a coupling between one of the optical fibers extending from an underlying one of the openings to a customer optical fiber.
A low-profile pulling device for pulling a plurality of optical fibers having connectors thereon through a conduit, the pulling device comprising a body member configured to hold the optical fibers in an arrangement with the fibers folded back onto themselves to define a return fiber path and to hold the connectors positioned in a staggered array along the return fiber path to provide the low profile pulling device a reduced width from a longitudinal offset of ones of the connectors allowing the connectors to be positioned closer to a center of the body member without contacting each other.
A method of installing a fiber optic system in a multi-dwelling unit, comprising:
- routing a longitudinally extending optical fiber protection jacket that is wrapped around a plurality of optical fibers from a source connection location along a selected path through the multi-dwelling unit, the selected path extending past a plurality of dwelling units within the multi-dwelling unit;
- selecting a plurality of longitudinal locations along the optical fiber protection jacket that are associated with respective ones of the dwelling units, wherein the optical fiber protection jacket includes a pre-defined longitudinally extending seam that can be opened at the selected longitudinal locations along the jacket to define a plurality of openings at the selected longitudinal locations on the optical fiber jacket to provide access to the optical fibers through the openings in the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected longitudinal locations on the optical fiber protection jacket;
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- mating a plurality of adapter terminals to the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected longitudinal locations, wherein the adapter terminals are configured to mate with an outer profile of the optical fiber protection jacket at the selected longitudinal locations and wherein each of the adapter terminals includes a body portion that is configured to couple one of the optical fibers extending from an underlying one of the openings to a customer optical fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.