Patent ID: 7359613

Claim:
An optical fiber termination apparatus for taut sheath splicing, comprising: a housing configured to be positioned around a section of an optical fiber cable with an uncut strength member of the optical fiber cable and/or a plurality of uncut and un-looped fibers of the optical fiber cable extending therethrough, the housing having a first opening at a first end thereof for receiving the optical fiber cable and a second opening at a longitudinally displaced second end thereof for receiving the optical fiber cable; a severed fiber chamber in the housing configured to receive ends of at least one optical fiber from the optical fiber cable; a fiber access opening in a face of the housing between the first and second end of the housing that opens to the severed fiber chamber, the fiber access opening being configured to interchangeably receive one of a plurality of differently configured covers; and the plurality of covers, each having a standard footprint configured to be interchangeably received in the fiber access opening, including a connector free first cover, a second cover including a drop cable connector and/or a third cover including a plurality of termination connectors, wherein the drop cable connector and termination connectors include a back fiber connection member configured to receive the ends when positioned in the fiber access opening.