Patent ID: 11860435
Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A fiber optic pigtail assembly, comprising:
optical fibers that are ribbonized along a first section of the pigtail assembly and non-ribbonized along a second section of the pigtail assembly adjacent to the first section, wherein ends of ribbonized sections of the optical fibers in the first section are ribbonized and configured to be spliced to a ribbonized fiber optic cable, and non-ribbonized sections of the optical fibers comprising the second section have different lengths;
connectors that terminate ends of the non-ribbonized sections of the optical fibers; and
tubes that encompass respective portions of the optical fibers within the second section, the respective portions extending from the connectors partway toward the first section,
wherein
the first section transitions to the second section at a junction,
distances between the junction and the tubes along the optical fibers are equal or substantially equal, and
the fiber optic pigtail assembly is provided as a pre-assembled kit.