Patent ID: 9606315
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for terminating a fiber optic cable, the method comprising: providing a termination box; attaching a terminating end of a fiber optic cable to the termination box, such that one or more exposed ribbon fiber segments from the fiber optical cable are accessible from inside the termination box; attaching one or more fan-out fiber optic cables to the termination box, such that one or more exposed ribbon fiber segments from the fan-out fiber optic cables are accessible from inside the termination box; splicing an exposed ribbon fiber segment from the fiber optic cable to a corresponding exposed ribbon fiber segment from the one or more fan-out fiber optic cables, such that the resulting splice has a splice covering and such that the spliced ribbon fiber segments and the splice covering form a continuous length of exposed ribbon fiber between the fiber optical cable and the fan-out fiber optic cables; securing the splice covering to a splice retention cradle; rotating the splice retention cradle with the secured splice covering so that the continuous length of exposed ribbon fiber crosses itself at a point between the splice retention cradle and the termination box; securing the splice retention cradle to the termination box such that the exposed ribbon fiber remains crossed and forms a double loop, the double loop comprising first and second loops that extend away from the termination box in the same direction and overlap one another at a location that is outside of the termination box; twisting the first and second loops simultaneously so that the double loop crosses itself and folding the crossed double loop to form a quadruple loop of exposed ribbon fiber; and securing the quadruple loop of exposed ribbon fiber to the termination box, using two or more routing clips attached to the termination box, wherein the quadruple loop of exposed ribbon fiber that is secured to the termination box comprises a first twist associated with rotating the splice retention cradle and a second twist associated with twisting the first and second loops simultaneous.