Field installable high strength breakout kit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9417420-B2
Application number	US-201314352418-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2013
Priority date	Nov 13, 2012
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A fanout kit or assembly for holding furcation tubes may comprise a multifiber inlet screw on strain relief, a fanout housing, a plurality of furcation tubes, and a plurality of furcation assemblies for holding the plurality of furcation tubes. The fanout housing may have a fanout cover, a fanout base, a multifiber retention block for receiving the multifiber inlet screw on strain relief, and a furcation block for receiving the plurality of furcation tubes and the plurality of furcation assemblies.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fanout assembly comprising:
a multifiber inlet strain relief;
a fanout housing;
a plurality of furcation tubes;
a plurality of furcation assemblies for holding the plurality of furcation tubes;
a multifiber retention block for receiving the multifiber inlet strain relief, and
a furcation block for receiving the plurality of furcation tubes and the plurality of furcation assemblies, wherein
each of the plurality of furcation assemblies comprises:
a furcation stop ring removably attached to the furcation block; and
a crimp sleeve removably attached to a portion of the furcation stop ring outside of the furcation block.

2. The fanout kit of claim 1 , wherein the fanout housing comprises: a fanout cover, and
a fanout base.

3. The fanout kit of claim 1 , wherein the multifiber inlet strain relief is a multifiber inlet screw on strain relief.

4. The fanout assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of furcation tubes is 2 mm in diameter.

5. The fanout kit of claim 2 , wherein the fanout housing comprises:
a multifiber retention block comprising a receiving section for receiving the multifiber inlet strain relief.

6. The fanout kit of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of furcation assemblies further comprises:
a heat shrink tube attached to the crimp sleeve and one of the plurality of furcation tubes for protecting the furcation tube.

7. The fanout assembly of claim 6 , wherein an inner surface of the crimp sleeve directly at least one of the furcation tubes, and
an outer surface of the crimp sleeve directly contacts the heat shrink tube.

8. The fanout assembly of claim 1 , wherein the crimp sleeve is directly attached to the portion of the furcation stop ring outside of the furcation block.

9. The fanout assembly of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the furcation stop ring is also outside of the fanout housing.

10. The fanout assembly of claim 9 , wherein the crimp sleeve is directly attached to the portion of the furcation stop ring outside of the furcation block and outside of the fanout housing.

11. The fanout assembly of claim 1 , wherein the furcation stop ring is removably attached to the furcation block such that the furcation stop ring may be removed by a force exerted upon the furcation stop ring in a direction away from the furcation block.

Assignees

• Afl Telecommunications Llc

Inventors

• Fisher Lance
• Lichoulas Ted

Classifications

• G02B6/44715 Primary

  Fan-out devices · CPC title

• G02B6/4477 Primary

  with means for strain-relieving to interior strengths element · CPC title

• G02B6/4471

  Terminating devices (demountable connectors G02B6/3807); Cable clamps · CPC title