Patent ID: 7925135

Claim:
A clamping device for a fiber optic cable, the cable having a lengthwise cable axis and including a plurality of optical fibers, a strength member and a jacket surrounding the optical fibers having a section thereof partially removed in a scalloped configuration that exposes an underlying section of the strength member while leaving a remaining portion of the jacket extending under the strength member to a longitudinal end of the remaining portion of the jacket and the strength member, the clamping device comprising: a receiving block having a cavity extending longitudinally therein from an opening in an end face of the block to a closed end of the cavity, wherein the cavity is configured to receive the end of the remaining portion of the jacket and the strength member through the opening in the end face of the block; and a coupling member configured to couple the block to a portion of the jacket not having a section thereof partially removed when the strength member is inserted into the cavity to limit longitudinal movement of the block relative to the jacket and buckling of the strength member.