IP Library Granted Patent US 9,235,021
Granted Patent B2
US 9,235,021 · App. 13/832,665 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Optical fiber / electrical composite cable assembly with sealed breakout kit

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Patent No.
US 9,235,021
App. No.
13/832,665
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cable breakout kit has a cable portion, an inner wall portion and a furcation portion with at least one fiber port. The cable portion and the furcation portion are dimensioned to couple with one another, enclosing a furcation area. The inner wall portion is coupled to the furcation portion and a fiber bundle of the cable, enclosing a fiber area within the furcation area; the fiber area is coupled to the at least one fiber port. An assembly including a cable with a fiber and an electrical conductor utilizes a transition housing to pass the fiber and conductor to respective furcation tubes, isolated from one another.

Claims (14)

1. A cable breakout kit, comprising:

a cable portion;

a furcation portion with at least one fiber port; and

an inner wall portion;

the cable portion and the furcation portion dimensioned to couple with one another, enclosing a furcation area;

the inner wall portion coupled to the furcation portion and a fiber bundle of the cable, enclosing a fiber area within the furcation area; the fiber area coupled to the at least one fiber port.

2. The cable breakout kit of claim 1 , wherein the inner wall portion couples with the fiber bundle via an end stop seated on an outer diameter of the fiber bundle, the inner wall portion seating against an outer diameter of the end stop.

3. The cable breakout kit of claim 1 , wherein the inner wall portion is dimensioned to seat against an outer diameter of the fiber bundle.

4. The cable breakout kit of claim 1 , further including at least one fiber furcation tube and at least one conductor furcation tube.

5. The cable breakout kit of claim 4 , wherein the at least one conductor furcation tube includes a metallic shield layer.

6. The cable breakout kit of claim 1 , further including an adhesive well projecting from a furcation end, surrounding the at least one fiber port.

7. The cable breakout kit of claim 6 , wherein the adhesive well surrounds a plurality of the fiber ports.

8. The cable breakout kit of claim 1 , further including a furcation shoulder at a furcation end of the at least one fiber port; the furcation shoulder dimensioned to receive a fiber and strength layer of a fiber furcation tube.

9. The cable breakout kit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fiber port is dimensioned to receive an inner tube of a fiber furcation tube into the fiber area.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 049905/0504 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RUCKUS WIRELESS, LLC (F/K/A RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.)
Reel/Frame 071477/0255 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049905/0504 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049892/0051 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049892/0396 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST PATENTS (RELEASES RF 036201/0283) Recorded Mar 31, 2017
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: ALLEN TELECOM LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042126/0434 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2015
From: ALLEN TELECOM LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 036201/0283 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2015
From: ANDREW LLC
To: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 035176/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2013
From: ISLAM, NAHID
To: ANDREW LLC
Reel/Frame 030018/0395 →