Patent ID: 11880082
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A tap point assembly comprising:
a tap point comprising:
a first half;
a second half coupled to the first half in a snap fit configuration to define an interior of the tap point;
a main passage defined by the first half and the second half, wherein the main passage terminates at a first aperture and a second aperture;
an interior wall within the interior of the tap point, the interior wall defining a drop cable passage terminating at a third aperture;

a distribution cable seated in the main passage from the first aperture to the second aperture, wherein the distribution cable includes at least one subunit cable within an interior of the distribution cable; and
a tap cable exiting the third aperture of the tap point, wherein the tap cable is formed by a subunit cable of the at least one subunit cable that is extracted from the distribution cable and seated within the drop cable passage,
wherein the tap point assembly is movable along a longitudinal axis of the distribution cable.