Patent ID: 11914209
Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An optical cable comprising:
a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes comprising a respective plurality of optical fibers; and
a plurality of multi-fiber connectors, each multi-fiber connector of the plurality of multi-fiber connectors being attached to an end of a respective tube of the plurality of tubes, the plurality of multi-fiber connectors being staggered along a termination segment of the optical cable, the plurality of multi-fiber connectors being arranged at multiple angular locations around a central axis and at multiple radial positions around the central axis, and the plurality of multi-fiber connectors being positioned at multiple locations along a length of the termination segment, the termination segment being at the end of a main body of the optical cable, wherein a largest outer diameter of the termination segment is equal to or smaller than an outer diameter of the main body, and wherein a first multi-fiber connector and a second multi-fiber connector of the plurality of multi-fiber connectors are arranged at a same angular location around the central axis, the first multi-fiber connector and the second multi-fiber connector being arranged at different locations along the length of the termination segment.