Patent ID: 8059929
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a fiber optic distribution cable comprising the steps of: providing a fiber optic distribution cable, the fiber optic distribution cable having at least one optical fiber ribbon having a plurality of optical fibers disposed along a longitudinal length of the optical fiber ribbon; making an opening in the fiber optic distribution cable at a first access location; selecting at least one of the plurality of optical fibers as a distribution optical fiber; placing a cutting element about the distribution optical fiber; splitting the distribution optical fiber from the at least one optical fiber ribbon along its longitudinal length by sliding the cutting element within the fiber optic distribution cable; cutting the distribution optical fiber at a cutting location within the fiber optic distribution cable at a downstream location; routing the distribution optical fiber through the opening at the first access location so the distribution optical fiber is outside the fiber optic distribution cable so that less than all of the plurality of optical fibers of the ribbon are routed through the opening at the first access location.