Patent ID: 11880081
Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An indexing cable arrangement comprising:
a main cable section including a plurality of optical fibers extending between opposite first and second ends, the first ends of the main cable section being separated into a first interface set of one or more of the optical fibers and a first branch set of one or more of the optical fibers, the first interface set including more of the optical fibers than the first branch set;
a first multi-fiber connector terminating the first ends of the optical fibers of the first interface set;
a second multi-fiber connector terminating the first ends of the optical fibers of the first branch set, the second multi-fiber connector and the first multi-fiber connector defining a common number of fiber interface positions so that the number of fiber interface positions of the second multi-fiber connector is greater than a number of optical fibers in the first branch set;
a third multi-fiber connector terminating the second ends of a second interface set of the optical fibers of the main cable section, the second interface set of the optical fibers including at least one optical fiber of the first interface set and at least one optical fiber of the first branch set;
a first fanout arrangement enclosing a location at which the optical fibers of the main cable section are separated into the first interface set and the first branch set;
wherein the first fanout arrangement includes a single fanout that transitions the optical fibers of the main cable section to the first interface set and the first branch set.