G - Physics – 02 – B
Patent
G - Physics
02
B
G02B 6/44 (2006.01) G02B 6/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2424481
This invention provides an apparatus and method for a high performance, flexible optical fiber furcation assembly that controls microbending of the optical fibers throughout the life of the furcation assembly. The furcation assembly includes a flexible furcation body having a passageway with a first end and an opposed second end, the first end for receiving a fiber optic cable and the second end for routing a furcated leg, and holding material for flexibly securing and supporting the fiber optic cable and the furcated leg substantially within the single passageway. The method of applying a furcation assembly to a fiber optic cable includes the steps of stripping a cable sheath from the fiber optic cable to expose an optical fiber, fanning out the optical fiber, inserting a first end of the fiber optic cable into a flexible furcation body, sliding the flexible furcation body over a predetermined portion of the optical cable and the fanned-out optical fiber, and introducing a holding means into the furcation body positioned over the predetermined portion, such that the holding means flexibly secures and supports the fiber optic cable and the optical fibers within the passageway. The apparatus and method of this invention apply to a variety of optical cable types.
James Kenneth T.
Wagner Karl M.
Corning Cable Systems Llc
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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