METHODS OF REDUCING AND/OR AVOIDING FIBER ORDERING IN A CONNECTORIZED MULTI-FIBER, FIBER OPTIC CABLE SYSTEM, AND RELATED FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND ASSEMBLIES

摘要

Methods of reducing and/or avoiding fiber ordering during preparations of a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable to provide a connectorized multi-fiber, fiber optic cable system, and related fiber optic cables and assemblies are also disclosed. The embodiments disclosed herein allow for a section of a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable to be prepared to form two or more connectorized fiber optic cables as part of a multi-fiber cable system without requiring specific fiber ordering in the fiber optic connectors. The natural ordering of the optical fibers in the fiber optic cable is fixed in place in at least one section of the fiber optic cable before the optical fibers are cut to form adjacent fiber optic connectors in the cable system. Thus, the fiber ordering between adjacent fiber optic connectors in the cable system will be the same even though the fiber ordering of the optical fibers was random during cable preparations.

主权项

1. A multi-fiber cable system, comprising:
a first multi-fiber, fiber optic cable, comprising:
a first plurality of optic fibers;a first end having a first multi-fiber, fiber optic connector assembly disposed thereon having a first fiber ordering of the first plurality of optical fibers; anda second end having a second multi-fiber, fiber optic connector assembly disposed thereon having a second fiber ordering of the first plurality of optical fibers different from the first fiber ordering; and a second multi-fiber, fiber optic cable, comprising:
a second plurality of optic fibers;a third end having a third multi-fiber, fiber optic connector assembly disposed thereon having the second fiber ordering for the second plurality of optical fibers; anda fourth end having a fourth multi-fiber, fiber optic connector assembly disposed thereon having a third fiber ordering of the second plurality of optical fibers different from the second fiber ordering.