Patent ID: 8953916
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic cable assembly, comprising: a fiber optic cable comprising a cable jacket, one or more cable strength members disposed within the cable jacket, and one or more optical fiber sub-units disposed within the cable jacket; a plurality of optical fibers and one or more sub-unit strength members disposed adjacent to each other in a sub-unit jacket in each of the one or more optical fiber sub-units such that movement of the plurality of optical fibers is constrained by an interior wall of the sub-unit jacket and the one or more sub-unit strength members; an end portion of the fiber optic cable comprising end portions of the one or more optical fiber sub-units and end portions of the one or more cable strength members both exposed from an end portion of the cable jacket; and a furcation assembly receiving the end portion of the fiber optic cable at a first end of the furcation assembly, the furcation assembly terminating the end portion of the cable jacket and the end portions of the one or more cable strength members, and the end portions of the one or more optical fiber sub-units extending through and from a second end of the furcation assembly; the one or more cable strength members are disposed within the cable jacket in a first length, and the one or more optical fiber sub-units are disposed within the cable jacket in a second length, the second length greater than the first length.