Patent ID: 11860418
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 27:
28. An optical fiber cable assembly comprising:
a first plurality of optical fibers and a second plurality of optical fibers, wherein optical fibers of each of the first and second pluralities of optical fibers includes a pre-coated section and a stripped section;
a plurality of fusion splices including a plurality of splice joints joining ends of the stripped sections of the first plurality of optical fibers with ends of the stripped sections of the second plurality of optical fibers to form a plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers; and
a connector housing comprising a first housing, a second housing configured to couple to the first housing, and at least one wall that bounds an inner channel extending in a longitudinal direction of the housing;
wherein the plurality of splice joints are at least partially positioned in the inner channel, and wherein at least a portion of the pre-coated sections of the first plurality of optical fibers and the second plurality of optical fibers are positioned within the inner channel of the housing;

wherein the first housing and the second housing are coupled together along a plane aligned with contacting end faces of the first housing and the second housing, wherein the end faces of the first housing and the second housing form individual connectors; and
wherein the first plurality of optical fibers and the second plurality of optical fibers each comprise stacked optical fiber ribbons.