US 2026/0219470 A1Published application

Fiber optic pulling assembly with breakout

AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC

InventorsCyle D. PETERSEN, Kenneth Allen SKLUZACEK, Jonathan R. KAML, Paula LOCKHART, David R. WURST, Scott L. CARLSON

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Abstract

A cable pulling assembly includes a cable pulling arrangement over a cable assembly. The cable assembly includes a cable breakout with a multi-part housing positioned over a transition portion of a main cable and a plurality of subunits. The breakout includes circular or cylindrical portions and an inspection aperture. During assembly, at least a portion of the cable breakout is rotatable relative to the main cable and the plurality of subunits. The subunits may be spliced on, with a protective assembly with a conduit over multiple axially spaced encapsulated splice locations that splice multifiber ribbons, and at least one non-encapsulated region within the conduit between the encapsulated splice locations where the non-encapsulated region is more flexible than the encapsulated splice locations.

Claims44

Dependent claims

A cable pulling assembly comprising:

a cable assembly extending along a length, the cable assembly including a main cable including a jacket surrounding a plurality of cable subunits, the main cable having an end at which the jacket is terminated, the cable subunits extending past the end of the main cable, each cable subunit including a plurality of connectorized ends each terminated with a respective fiber optic connector;
a cable breakout at the end of the main cable, wherein the cable breakout includes:
a top member, a bottom member, an organizer, and an insert, the top member including an inspection aperture, the organizer and the insert each having a portion with a circular or cylindrical outer perimeter, the top member and the bottom member holding the organizer and the insert about the portions with the circular or cylindrical outer perimeters to define an internal space for holding a transition portion of the main cable and the cable subunits;
a plurality of bags, each bag being disposed over the plurality of connectorized ends of a respective one of the cable subunits, each bag defining a plurality of chambers, each chamber receiving one of the fiber optic connectors of the respective cable subunit;
a plastic sleeve positioned over the cable assembly so that the plastic sleeve extends over a portion of the main cable and over the connectorized ends of the cable subunits;
a crush-resistant arrangement positioned over the plastic sleeve;
and
a mesh sleeve positioned over the crush-resistant arrangement.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/124,187Filed 30 Oct 2023
Priority: 29 Oct 2022
Published: 30 Jul 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G02B 6/4475
Manifolds: with provision for lateral branching
G02B 6/54
Underground or underwater installation; Installation through tubing, conduits or ducts: using mechanical means, e.g. pulling or pushing devices
G02B 6/44715
Terminating devices ; Cable clamps: fan-out devices
G02B 6/545
Using mechanical means, e.g. pulling or pushing devices: pulling eyes

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Application63/420,569Us provisional application · filed 29 Oct 2022
Application63/463,244Us provisional application · filed 1 May 2023
Application63/593,871Us provisional application · filed 27 Oct 2023
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