| US 7,590,321 B2 | ||
| Mid-span breakout with helical fiber routing | ||
| Yu Lu, Westborough, Mass. (US); Keith Millea, Sutton, Mass. (US); and Jeff Gniadek, Northbridge, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/491,428. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/781622, filed on Mar. 09, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0212005 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—104 [385/14] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A mid-span breakout arrangement comprising:
a distribution cable having a breakout access location at which an outer jacket of the distribution cable is removed to form
a stripped region of the distribution cable;
a tether cable secured to the distribution cable adjacent the breakout access location; and
at least one length of optical fiber helically wrapped around the distribution cable along at least a majority of a length
of the stripped region of the breakout access location, the length of optical fiber being optically coupled to the distribution
cable and to the tether cable.
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