Fiber optic pigtail assembly
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsSean McCloud, Tony Yuen, Jamie Leonard
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Abstract
A fiber optic pigtail assembly that includes a plurality of optical fibers and at least one optical connector. The optical fibers each have a first end opposite a second end. The plurality of optical fibers are ribbonized together from the first end of each of the plurality of optical fibers partway toward the second end of each of the plurality of optical fibers and form a ribbonized end portion. The at least one optical connector is connected to the second end of each of the plurality of optical fibers. A loose portion of the plurality of optical fibers is positioned between the at least one optical connector and the ribbonized end portion.
Claims20
A fiber optic pigtail assembly, comprising:
- a ribbonized portion in which first sections of optical fibers are ribbonized;
- a loose portion in which second sections of the optical fibers are not ribbonized, wherein the loose portion is adjacent to the ribbonized portion;
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- a demarcation indicator located at or near a junction at which the ribbonized portion transitions to the loose portion, wherein cutting the fiber optic pigtail at the demarcation indicator separates the ribbonized portion from the loose portion,
- wherein ends of the second sections of the optical fibers are terminated by respective connectors.
A system, comprising:
- optical fibers that are joined in a pigtail assembly comprising a first section in which the optical fibers are ribbonized and a second section, adjacent to the first section, in which the optical fibers are separated from one another;
- connectors that terminate ends of the optical fibers in the second section;
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- a demarcation indicator that marks a location along the pigtail assembly that, when severed, separates the first section from the second section.
A fiber optic pigtail assembly, comprising:
- optical fibers that are ribbonized along a first section of the pigtail assembly and non-ribbonized along a second section of the pigtail assembly adjacent to the first section;
- a demarcation structure located at a position along the pigtail assembly, wherein the position corresponds to a location that, when cut, separates the second section comprising non-ribbonized optical fibers from the first section comprising ribbonized optical fibers;
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- connectors that terminate ends of the non-ribbonized optical fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.