Patent ID: 8961035
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An outside plant fan-out device comprising: a main cable portion extending from a single first hardened multi-fiber optic connector to a fan-out structure, the single first hardened multi-fiber optic connector including a single multi-fiber ferrule, the main cable portion including a plurality of optical fibers surrounded by a jacket; a first fan-out cable portion extending outwardly from the fan-out structure to a second hardened multi-fiber optic connector, the first fan-out cable portion including a plurality of the optical fibers of the main cable portion, the second hardened multi-fiber optic connector including a single multi-fiber ferrule that receives the plurality of the optical fibers of the first fan-out cable portion, the first fan-out cable portion including fewer optical fibers than the main cable portion, the single multi-fiber ferrule of the second hardened multi-fiber optic connector receiving fewer optical fibers than the single multi-fiber ferrule of the first hardened multi-fiber optic connector; and a second fan-out cable portion extending outwardly from the fan-out structure to a third hardened multi-fiber optic connector, the second fan-out cable portion including a plurality of the optical fibers of the main cable portion, the third hardened multi-fiber optic connector including a single multi-fiber ferrule that receives the plurality of the optical fibers of the second fan-out cable portion, the second fan-out cable portion including fewer optical fibers than the main cable portion, the single multi-fiber ferrule of the third hardened multi-fiber optic connector receiving fewer optical fibers than the single multi-fiber ferrule of the first hardened multi-fiber optic connector.