A cable retention device useful for fiber optic cable retention, suspension and anchoring, of the drop type and is provided with a retaining element and a housing element, which once coupled retain a drop between them allowing the manipulation of the drop.

A cable retention device useful for fiber optic cable retention, suspension and anchoring, of the drop type and is provided with a retaining element and a housing element, which once coupled retain a drop between them allowing the manipulation of the drop.

A messenger wire hanger includes a body having integral first, middle, and hook portions. The hook portion is in the shape of a hook adapted to hook over a messenger wire. The body defines a first opening between the first portion and the middle portion and a second opening between the middle portion and the hook portion. A lashing strap has a first portion and a second portion with the first portion of the lashing strap being disposed in the first opening of the body and the second portion of the lashing strap being disposed in the second opening of the body. Another configuration uses three openings with a second pawl extending between the second and third openings to define a tortuous path for the lashing strap.

The disclosed method may include (1) mechanically coupling a first fiber optic cable duct to a powerline conductor, (2) attaching an end of the first fiber optic cable duct to a first port of a duct coupler, (3) attaching an end of a second fiber optic cable duct to a second port of the duct coupler, where the duct coupler forms a contiguous channel with the first fiber optic cable duct and the second fiber optic cable duct, (4) mechanically coupling the second fiber optic cable duct to the powerline conductor, and (5) installing a contiguous fiber optic cable within the contiguous channel. Various other methods, apparatuses, and systems are also disclosed.

The disclosed method may include (1) mechanically coupling a first fiber optic cable duct to a powerline conductor, (2) attaching an end of the first fiber optic cable duct to a first port of a duct coupler, (3) attaching an end of a second fiber optic cable duct to a second port of the duct coupler, where the duct coupler forms a contiguous channel with the first fiber optic cable duct and the second fiber optic cable duct, (4) mechanically coupling the second fiber optic cable duct to the powerline conductor, and (5) installing a contiguous fiber optic cable within the contiguous channel. Various other methods, apparatuses, and systems are also disclosed.

A method for overhead transmission line installation includes tension pulling a transmission line over a path between a first support structure having a first mounting location and a second support structure having a second mounting location extending from the first mounting location to a first transition location on the second support structure, to a second transition location on the first support structure, and to the second mounting location. The transmission line is mounted at the first mounting location and the second mounting location. The mounting provides a slack portion of the transmission line between the first mounting location and the second mounting location. A portion of the slack portion is mounted proximate to the first mounting location or the second mounting location to provide an overhead transmission line extending between the first mounting location and the second mounting location and a remainder of the slack portion.

A slack storage bracket is configured to mount at an installation site. The slack storage bracket includes a slack storage structure configured to receive excess length of a cable. The slack storage bracket also includes a terminal mounting structure forward of the slack storage structure. A terminal can be mounted to the terminal mounting structure of the slack storage bracket, directly, with a terminal mounting bracket, and/or with a terminal adapter. The slack length can be managed within a slack management spool, which can be mounted at the slack storage structure.

A slack storage bracket is configured to mount at an installation site. The slack storage bracket includes a slack storage structure configured to receive excess length of a cable. The slack storage bracket also includes a terminal mounting structure forward of the slack storage structure. A terminal can be mounted to the terminal mounting structure of the slack storage bracket, directly, with a terminal mounting bracket, and/or with a terminal adapter. The slack length can be managed within a slack management spool, which can be mounted at the slack storage structure.

Fiber distribution systems, terminals and tap boxes that provide a reconfigurable and expandable system of hardened connections. An aerial terminal may include at least one feeder port and a plurality of distribution ports, each of the at least one feeder port and the plurality of distribution ports being sealable ports configured to receive one of a duct and a connector, where the connector is configured to interface with a drop type cable. The terminal may include an expandable module configured to receive a splitter. The terminal may be configured to receive a fiber through the feeder port and to output a plurality of fibers through the plurality of distribution ports.

Apparatus and methods are employed to install fiber optic cables in a data center facility using one or more cable dispensing robots that dispense fiber optic cable that is pre-spooled on a cable cartridge, by programmatically unspooling the cable from the cable cartridge and paying the cable out along a potentially transverse oscillatory path (e.g. sinusoidal curve) as the robot moves down a cable tray network that is arranged adjacent and above large numbers of equipment bays. A controller accesses a database which stores the state of the cables within the cable tray network. The database further stores information regarding availability of cable cartridges of standard cable lengths, which are potentially stored within a cable cassette loading/unloading system. The controller receives instructions on where and how to spatially deploy a fiber optic interconnect cable within the tray network of the data center facility.