Patent ID: 8301005
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing a cable with a secured termination, comprising: providing the cable comprising an inner tube having an optical fiber disposed inside the inner tube, wherein an aluminum tube surrounds the inner tube and armor tubing surrounds the aluminum tube and wherein at least one of the aluminum tube or the armor tubing is a monotube; removing a portion of the armor tubing, the aluminum tube and the inner tube at an end of the cable to expose a length of the optical fiber extending from an end of the inner tube; crimping a section of the armor tubing to secure the armor tubing, the aluminum tube and the inner tube relative to one another; securing the optical fiber relative to the inner tube via a retention assembly coupled to the inner tube and at least part of the length of the optical fiber adjacent the end of the inner tube.