There is provided a male cable connector (1) for reversibly connecting a computer network cable (7) to form at least one electrical connection or one optical connection to a second component, said male cable connector (1) comprising a male member (3) enclosing at least one electrical lead (14) electrically connected to one electric contact surface (13) and the network cable (7) or said male member (3) enclosing at least one optical fiber (17) connected to an optical connection surface (22) and the network cable (7), said male member (3) being associated with a front direction which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the male member (3) and directed from the cable (7) towards a forward end (11) of the male member (3) characterized in that said at least one electrical contact surface (13) or at least one optical connection surface (22) is arranged on the surface of the male member (3) and the male member (3) has a bore (4) for connecting a pull-cord. There is also provided a female connector, adaptors, cables and kits.

A pre-terminated end of a fiber optic cable has a protective cap that protects the optical fiber and the ferrule assembly at the terminal end. The protective cap has an attachment feature enabling a pull cord to attach to the protective cap. The protective cap has a body including an exterior surface and a receptacle formed in the body and configured to receive a portion of the fiber optic cable, and the attachment feature. The attachment feature includes a cavity formed in a tip of the body and at least two openings formed in the exterior surface of the body and connected to the cavity.

A fiber optic cable assembly comprises: a cable jacket; optical fibers carried within the cable jacket and extending beyond a first end of the cable jacket; a furcation body positioned on the first end of the cable jacket such that the optical fibers extend beyond the furcation body; and a pulling grip assembly having a proximal end selectively secured to the furcation body, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and an interior that contains fiber end sections. The interior of the pulling grip assembly is sealed off from an exterior of the cable assembly to provide sealed protection for the fiber end sections. The pulling grip assembly may include one or more air intake devices (e.g., cap or diaphragm) to harness energy from pressurized air used in a jetting process and thereby make it easier to pull the cable assembly through ducts.

A cable sealing device including an attaching part securable to the cable; a fixation part adapted to be mountable on the attaching part; and a sealing part. The attaching part includes outer locking faces. The fixation part has inner abutment faces adapted to co-operate with the outer locking faces to axially and rotationally lock the fixation part relative to the attaching part. The sealing part includes an inner seal and an outer seal. The sealing part also includes a second securing arrangement that is configured to engage a first securing arrangement of the fixation part to axially and rotationally lock the sealing part to the fixation part.

An assembly for pulling, pushing, or blowing a plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables of a multi fiber cable through a duct includes a sleeve, a rod configured to be coupled with the sleeve, and a plurality of dust caps. The sleeve is configured to receive to be coupled with a multi fiber cable and to permit a plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables of the multi fiber cable to pass through the sleeve, and the rod includes a first end configured to be coupled with the sleeve. Each of the plurality of dust caps is configured to be coupled with a ferrule of one of the preterminated fiber optic cables, and each of the plurality of dust caps is configured to be coupled with the rod, thereby coupling the preterminated fiber optic cables with the rod. The preterminated fiber optic cables are configured to be assembled with a fiber optic connector, the deployment assembly has a cross-sectional footprint that is smaller than a cross-sectional footprint of a fiber optic connector that is configured to be assembled with the preterminated fiber optic cable, and the plurality of preterminated fiber optic cables are configured to be pushed, pulled, or blown together through a duct having an inner diameter than is less than a cross-sectional footprint of a fiber optic connector that is configured to be assembled with the preterminated fiber optic cable.

A pre-terminated end of a fiber optic cable has a protective cap that protects the optical fiber and the ferrule assembly at the terminal end. The protective cap has an attachment feature enabling a pull cord to attach to the protective cap. The protective cap has a body including an exterior surface and a receptacle formed in the body and configured to receive a portion of the fiber optic cable, and the attachment feature. The attachment feature includes a cavity formed in a tip of the body and at least two openings formed in the exterior surface of the body and connected to the cavity.

An optical cable traction terminal structure includes: a helically wound inner tube that houses an optical cable; and a flexible outer tube disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube, wherein a part of the flexible outer tube enters an inside of a groove on the outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube.

A housing structure includes: an optical cable including optical fibers; connector units branching off from the optical cable; and a housing body that houses the connector units. Each of the connector units includes: a first tube through which the optical fibers pass; second tubes through each of which the optical fibers branching off from the first tube pass; and a connector group constituted by optical connectors that are each disposed at an end part of each of the second tubes. The connector group of each of the connector units is disposed at a different position in a length direction from the connector group of any other one of the connector units. The first tube of each of the connector units other than a first connector unit that is shortest among the connector units overlaps in the length direction the connector group of the first connector unit.

The present disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for separating and installing optical fibers into furcation tubing. A fiber optic furcation assembly can include a fan-out structure. The fan out structure can include a conduit, and the conduit can extend from a first face of the fan-out structure to an opposing second face of the fan-out structure. The fiber optic furcation assembly can also include a furcation tube. The furcation tube can be positioned within the conduit, and the furcation tube can extend to a terminal end beyond the second face of the fan-out structure. The fiber optic furcation assembly can also include a fiber pull. The fiber pull can be positioned within the furcation tube, and the fiber pull can protrude in a first portion beyond the first face of the fan-out structure and the fiber pull can protrude in a second portion beyond the terminal end of the furcation tube, and the fiber optic furcation assembly can also include an attachment structure. The attachment structure can be fixed to the first portion of the fiber pull, and the attachment structure can receive and couple with an optical fiber. The fiber pull can include a diameter and the attachment structure can include a diameter. The diameter of the fiber pull and the diameter of the attachment structure can be less than a diameter of the furcation tube.

An end piece is provided for guiding a needle intended to be inserted in a sheath occupied by at least one installed cable. The end piece includes: a free first end referred to as a head of a shape suited to slipping in between an internal wall of the sheath and the at least one installed cable; a second end fixed to the needle; and a part connecting the two ends and referred to as a shank. The shank has a flexibility that increases toward the head.