Patent ID: 7403686

Claim:
A method for forming a splice of a multi-fiber optic cable, said method comprising: differentiating an end of a first segment of cable into a first section of optic fiber, a second section of optic fiber, and a third section of optic fiber; differentiating an end of a second segment of cable into a first section of optic fiber, a second section of optic fiber, and a third section of optic fiber; pairing the first section of optic fiber of the first segment of cable with the third section of optic fiber of the second segment of cable; pairing the second section of optic fiber of the first segment of cable with the second section of optic fiber of the second segment of cable; pairing the third section of optic fiber of the first segment of cable with the first section of optic fiber of the second segment of cable; cleaving the pairs of sections so that the first section of the first segment and the third section of the second segment, the second section of the first segment of cable and the second section of the second segment of cable; and the third section of the first segment and first section of optic fiber of the second segment have a length (L) that is substantially the same; forming a first light transmitting interface of facially joined ends of the first section of the optic fiber of the first segment of cable with the third section of the optic fiber of the second segment of cable; forming a second light transmitting interface of facially joined ends of the second section of the optic fiber of the first segment of cable with the second section of the optic fiber of the second segment of cable; forming a third light transmitting interface of facially joined ends of the third section of the optic fiber of the first segment of cable with the first section of the optic fiber of the second segment of cable; and insuring that the first light transmitting interface is staggered with respect to the second light transmitting interface and the third light transmitting interface, that the second light transmitting interface is staggered with respect to the first light transmitting interface and the third light transmitting interface, and that the third light transmitting interface is staggered with respect to the first light transmitting interface and the second light transmitting interface.