Patent ID: 9348097
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An outside plant cable device comprising: a cable arrangement having a first end and a second end, the cable arrangement including a jacket surrounding a plurality of optical fibers; at least one hardened multi-fiber connector mounted at the first end of the cable arrangement to terminate at least some of the optical fibers of the cable arrangement; a plurality of hardened multi-fiber connectors mounted at the second end of the cable arrangement, each of the hardened multi-fiber connectors terminating at least some of the optical fibers of the cable arrangement, wherein the second end of the cable arrangement includes more hardened multi-fiber connectors than the first end, wherein a first of the plurality of hardened multi-fiber connectors terminates fewer optical fibers than the at least one hardened multi-fiber connector mounted at the first end of the cable arrangement.