Patent ID: 8457461

Claim:
A fiber optic cable assembly comprising: a main fiber optic cable including an outer jacket, a plurality of optical fibers surrounded by the outer jacket, and at least one strength member surrounded by the outer jacket, the main fiber optic cable extending from a first end to a second end, the optical fibers of the main fiber optic cable having ends positioned adjacent to the first end of the main fiber optic cable; a pre-connectorized fiber optic cable assembly including a plurality of optical fibers and at least one fiber optic connector, the optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers of the pre-connectorized fiber optic cable assembly having distal ends and proximal ends, the distal ends being terminated by the at least one fiber optic connector and the proximal ends adapted for mass fusion splicing; a reinforcing member positioned around a longitudinal portion of the outer jacket of the main fiber optic cable; a mass fusion splice optically joining the proximal ends of the optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers of the pre-connectorized fiber optic cable assembly to the ends of the optical fibers of the main fiber optic cable, the mass fusion splice positioned within the reinforcing member and within the outer jacket of the main fiber optic cable; and a protective transition member positioned over the first end of the main fiber optic cable and positioned around a portion of the pre-connectorized fiber optic cable assembly, an interior of the protective transition member being at least partially filled with a first solidified filling material.