US 11,719,902 B2
High fiber count pre-terminated optical distribution assembly
Michael Todd Faulkner, Granite Falls, NC (US); and Lars Kristian Nielsen, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,136.
Application 16/896,389 is a division of application No. 16/011,938, filed on Jun. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,712,519, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 17/495,136 is a continuation of application No. 16/896,389, filed on Jun. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,150,432.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/525,970, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026659 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4477 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3873 (2013.01); G02B 6/4472 (2013.01); G02B 6/4476 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical fiber cable, comprising:
a main distribution cable including a plurality of optical fibers surrounded by a cable jacket;
at least two furcation legs into which the plurality of optical fibers are divided, the at least two furcation legs transitioning at a first end from the main distribution cable along a longitudinal axis; and
an optical connector for each of the at least two furcation legs disposed at a second end of each of the at least two furcation legs, each connector including optical fibers that are spliced at a splice location to the optical fibers of the connector's respective furcation leg;
wherein, for each of the at least two furcation legs, the splice location is disposed between the first end and the connector and closer to the connector than to the first end as measured in a direction along the longitudinal axis of each furcation leg.