Environmental sealing arrangement for furcated optical fibers
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorFrank A. Harwath
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Abstract
An assembly for protecting spliced optical fibers includes: a fiber optic cable comprising at least one optical fiber and a surrounding jacket; at least one elongate tubular member housing the optical fiber, wherein a gap exists between the elongate tubular member and the jacket such that the optical fiber has an exposed region; and a premold block formed of an ultra-low pressure material, the premold block encasing the exposed region of the optical fiber.
Claims10
A method for breaking out optical fibers from a fiber optic cable, comprising the steps of:
- (a) stripping a portion of a surrounding jacket from a fiber optic cable comprising at least one optical fiber residing within the jacket;
- (b) inserting the optical fiber into an elongate tubular member, wherein a gap exists between the elongate tubular member and the jacket such that the optical fiber has an exposed region;
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- (c) molding a premold block over the exposed region of the optical fiber at a molding pressure of between about 0 and 50 psi, the premold block being in direct contact with and encasing the exposed region of the optical fiber.
A method for transitioning optical fibers from a fiber optic cable into an elongate tubular member, comprising the steps of:
- (a) stripping a portion of a surrounding jacket from a fiber optic cable comprising at least one optical fiber residing within the jacket;
- (b) inserting the optical fiber into an elongate tubular member, wherein a gap exists between the elongate tubular member and the jacket such that the optical fiber has an exposed region;
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- (c) molding an overmold over the exposed region of the optical fibers at a molding pressure of between about 50 and 800 psi, the overmold being in direct contact with and encasing the exposed region of the optical fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.