Tether assembly having individual connector ports

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2007-10-02

2007-10-02

Font, Frank G. (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

Optical transmission cable

C385S102000, C385S106000, C385S109000, C385S112000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11003102

ABSTRACT:
A tether assembly includes a tether cable containing optical fibers and adapted to be attached to a fiber optic distribution cable at a mid-span access location. A furcation at the end of the tether cable separates and transitions the optical fibers into furcation legs terminating in individual connector ports. Each connector port may be a receptacle for receiving a connector mounted upon one of the optical fibers and a mating connector of a drop cable, a plug mounted upon one of the optical fibers that is received within a plug alignment member operable to align the plug with a mating plug of a drop cable, or a connector that is routed to a receptacle disposed within an external wall of a network connection terminal from within the enclosure. The tether assembly provides a distribution cable assembly and method for mitigating a span length measurement difference in a pre-engineered communications network.

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