Factory Spliced Cable Assembly
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1. A telecommunications cable comprising:
- a main cable including a cable jacket and a central buffer tube positioned within the cable jacket, the central buffer tube defining a buffer tube passage, the main cable also including a ribbon stack positioned within the buffer tube passage, the ribbon stack including a width, a height and a maximum cross-dimension, the buffer tube passage having a minimum cross-dimension, the main cable including a cut region where a slot has been cut through the cable jacket and the buffer tube to provide access to the ribbon stack during manufacture of the telecommunication cable, the slot having a length and a width, the width of the slot being larger than the width of the ribbon stack, and the minimum cross-dimension of the buffer tube passage being larger than the maximum cross-dimension of the ribbon stack;
a tether that branches from the main cable at the cut region;
an optical fiber structure that extends from the ribbon stack, through the cut region and into the tether; and
an enclosure covering the cut region.
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Abstract
A telecommunications cable including a main cable having a central buffer tube enclosed within a cable jacket and a ribbon stack positioned within the buffer tube. The main cable includes a cut region where a slot has been cut through the cable jacket and the buffer tube to provide access to the ribbon stack during manufacture of the telecommunication cable. A tether branches from the main cable at the cut region. The tether includes an optical fiber that is optically coupled to an optical fiber of the ribbon stack.
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1. A telecommunications cable comprising:
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a main cable including a cable jacket and a central buffer tube positioned within the cable jacket, the central buffer tube defining a buffer tube passage, the main cable also including a ribbon stack positioned within the buffer tube passage, the ribbon stack including a width, a height and a maximum cross-dimension, the buffer tube passage having a minimum cross-dimension, the main cable including a cut region where a slot has been cut through the cable jacket and the buffer tube to provide access to the ribbon stack during manufacture of the telecommunication cable, the slot having a length and a width, the width of the slot being larger than the width of the ribbon stack, and the minimum cross-dimension of the buffer tube passage being larger than the maximum cross-dimension of the ribbon stack; a tether that branches from the main cable at the cut region; an optical fiber structure that extends from the ribbon stack, through the cut region and into the tether; and an enclosure covering the cut region.
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Current AssigneeCommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
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Original AssigneeADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
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InventorsGronvall, Erik, Lu, Yu
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Application NumberUS12/953,341Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current385/114CPC Class CodesG02B 6/4403 with ribbon structure G02B6...G02B 6/4411 Matrix structureG02B 6/4475 with provision for lateral ...
