Method for Installing a Communication Cable Assembly
AssigneeDraka Comteq B.V.
InventorsWillem Griffioen, Pieter Lock
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Abstract
Disclosed is a modified pre-ferrulized cable assembly that facilitates installation of an optical fiber communication cable through narrow cable guides having sharp bends. The pre-ferrulized cable assembly includes a communication cable having a free, front end, a semi-finished communication connector, and a suction plug. The invention further relates to efficient methods for installing the modified pre-ferrulized cable assembly through a cable guide.
Claims20
A method for installing a communication cable assembly, the cable assembly comprising a communication cable having a free, front end, wherein the cable includes at least an optical fiber that is coaxially surrounded by at least one cable sheath, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a cable guide having a starting point and an end point;
- guiding the cable assembly, using a transfer medium, with the optical fiber being exposed at the free, front end of the cable, the free, front end being fixedly surrounded by a connecting element from the starting point toward the end point;
- collecting the free, front end of the cable at the end point;
- mechanically connecting the free, front end of the cable to a communication connector.
A method for installing a communication cable assembly, the cable assembly comprising a communication cable having a free, front end, wherein the cable includes at least an optical fiber that is coaxially surrounded by at least one cable sheath, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a cable guide having a starting point and an end point;
- securing a plug assembly to the cable assembly;
- guiding the cable assembly, using a transfer medium, with the optical fiber being exposed at the free, front end of the cable, the free, front end being fixedly surrounded by a connecting element from the starting point toward the end point;
- collecting the free, front end of the cable at the end point;
- mechanically connecting the free, front end of the cable to a communication connector.
A method for installing a cable having a free, front end and an optical fiber exposed at the free, front end of the cable, comprising the steps of:
- guiding the cable, using a transfer medium, through a cable guide having a starting point and an ending point, the free, front end of the cable being fixedly surrounded by a connecting element from the starting point toward the ending point;
- collecting the free, front end of the cable at the cable guide's ending point;
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- mechanically connecting the free, front end of the cable to a communication connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.