US RE50,314 E1
Fiber optic cable assembly and method
Wayne M. Kachmar, North Bennington, VT (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,817.
Application 18/101,817 is a reissue of application No. 13/038,996, filed on Mar. 2, 2011, granted, now 8,363,994, issued on Jan. 29, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/394,218, filed on Oct. 18, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/309,676, filed on Mar. 2, 2010.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4431 (2023.05) [G02B 6/4433 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic cable assembly comprising:
an outer jacket defining a first passage and a second passage disposed adjacent to the first passage, the outer jacket including a wall disposed between an outer surface of the outer jacket and the first passage;
a plurality of optical fibers disposed in the first passage;
a reinforcing member disposed in the second passage; and
an access member disposed in the wall of the outer jacket;
wherein the wall includes a first portion that extends between the first passage and the access member and a second portion that extends between an [ the ] outer surface of the outer jacket and the access member, the first portion having a first thickness, the second portion having a second thickness, the first and second thicknesses being about equal [ , wherein the wall of the outer jacket has a third thickness that extends from the outer surface of the outer jacket to the first passage, and wherein the access member occupies at least 40 percent of the third thickness of the wall] .