Patent ID: 7596291

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a cable assembly comprising a fiber optic cable having a tether optically connected to the fiber optic cable and an attachment structure for maintaining the tether to the fiber optic cable such that the tether is able to translate relative to the fiber optic cable, comprising the steps of: removing a section of sheath of the fiber optic cable; accessing at least one optical fiber among a plurality of optical fibers within the section of the sheath removed from the fiber optic cable; terminating the at least one optical fiber accessed from the section of the sheath removed from the fiber optic cable; optically connecting the at least one terminated optical fiber to an optical fiber disposed within a first end of the tether; encapsulating the first end of the tether to the fiber optic cable to secure the first end of the tether to the fiber optic cable; and placing an attachment structure on the tether to maintain the tether to the fiber optic cable such that the tether is able to translate relative to the fiber optic cable.