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

Claim 20:
21. A method of preparing an optical fiber cable assembly, the optical fiber cable assembly including a first fiber optic cable section comprising a first plurality of optical fibers and a second fiber optic cable section comprising a second plurality of optical fibers, the method comprising:
extracting the first plurality of optical fibers and the second plurality of optical fibers from the first fiber optic cable section and the second fiber optic cable section respectively;
stripping a portion of the first plurality of optical fibers and a portion of the second plurality of optical fibers such that each optical fiber of the first and second pluralities of optical fibers includes a pre-coated section and a stripped section;
splicing 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 splice joints and a plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers;
placing the plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers in a connector housing; and
dicing the plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers and the connector housing along a plane, wherein the connector housing is diced into a first housing and a second housing that are positioned and oriented such that the first housing and the second housing face each other when the first housing and the second housing are joined.