FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR AND FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH FIBER OPTIC CABLE ANCHORED TO BOOT OF FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR
First Claim
1. A fiber optic connector and cable assembly comprising:
- a fiber optic connector including a connector body and a boot, the boot being more flexible than the connector body, and the boot having a distal end portion that is coupled to a proximal end portion of the connector body;
a fiber optic cable including an optical fiber, an outer jacket that surrounds the optical fiber, and a tensile reinforcing structure that provides tensile reinforcement to the fiber optic cable, the optical fiber extending through the boot towards the connector body, and the tensile reinforcing structure being anchored relative to the boot at an anchoring location positioned at a proximal half-portion of the boot;
a crimp band for securing the tensile reinforcing structure at the anchoring location on an exterior of the boot;
wherein the boot defines an enclosed inner fiber passage configured to receive the optical fiber extending between the anchoring location and the connector body.
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Abstract
A fiber optic connector and cable assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a fiber optic connector and a fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cable can be coupled to the assembly at a demarcation section. All components of the fiber optic cable (e.g., fiber, strength members, jacket, etc.) are fixed relative to each other and relative to the fiber optic connector at the demarcation section. The demarcation section may be located on a boot mounted at a proximal end of the fiber optic connector. For example, the demarcation section may be located at a proximal end of the boot. The boot may include an inner passage extending from the demarcation section to the connector, and exterior slots which do not connect to the inner passage.
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1. A fiber optic connector and cable assembly comprising:
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a fiber optic connector including a connector body and a boot, the boot being more flexible than the connector body, and the boot having a distal end portion that is coupled to a proximal end portion of the connector body; a fiber optic cable including an optical fiber, an outer jacket that surrounds the optical fiber, and a tensile reinforcing structure that provides tensile reinforcement to the fiber optic cable, the optical fiber extending through the boot towards the connector body, and the tensile reinforcing structure being anchored relative to the boot at an anchoring location positioned at a proximal half-portion of the boot; a crimp band for securing the tensile reinforcing structure at the anchoring location on an exterior of the boot; wherein the boot defines an enclosed inner fiber passage configured to receive the optical fiber extending between the anchoring location and the connector body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A fiber optic connector boot for a fiber optic connector and cable assembly including a fiber optic connector including a connector body and a fiber optic cable including an optical fiber, an outer jacket that surrounds the optical fiber, and a tensile reinforcing structure that provides tensile reinforcement to the fiber optic cable, the optical fiber extending through the boot towards the connector body, and the tensile reinforcing structure being anchored relative to the boot at an anchoring location positioned at a proximal half-portion of the boot, a crimp band for securing the tensile reinforcing structure at the anchoring location on an exterior of the boot;
- the fiber optic connector boot comprising;
a boot body, the boot body being more flexible than the connector body, and the boot body having a distal end portion that is coupled to a proximal end portion of the connector body; wherein the boot body defines an enclosed inner fiber passage configured to receive the optical fiber extending between the anchoring location and the connector body; wherein the boot body includes slots extending from the exterior of the boot, and wherein the boot body includes an inner core defining the enclosed inner fiber passage not in communication with the slots. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- the fiber optic connector boot comprising;
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