Patent ID: 9690068
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical communication cable assembly comprising: an outer cable jacket; a first tensile strength element surrounded by the outer cable jacket; a plurality of optical transmission units surrounded by the outer cable jacket, each optical transmission unit comprising: a furcation unit, wherein the first tensile strength element and the inner jackets of each optical transmission units are coupled to the furcation unit, wherein the plurality of elongate optical transmission elements and the second tensile strength element extend through the furcation unit without being coupled to the furcation unit; and an optical connector coupled to an end of each of the plurality of optical transmission units, each optical connector comprising: wherein the first tensile strength element is located outside of the inner jackets of the optical transmission units; wherein the cable assembly has a maximum rated cable load and wherein at the maximum rated cable load, the sum of axial forces experienced by the elongate optical transmission elements within each one of the optical transmission units is greater than 0.5 N and is less than the spring force.