A cable breakout assembly comprising: a cable furcation device joining a cable
including an outer jacket and an inner optical fiber, to an upjacket. The upjacket
includes an inner tube for receiving the optical fiber, a stranded strength member
outside the inner tube, and an outer tube outside of the strength member. The cable
furcation device includes a first end disposed around the end of the outer jacket
of the cable. The second end has a projecting tube for receiving the outer tube
of the upjacket, the first tube having an inner diameter receiving the inner tube
and the optical fiber. The device has an outer crimp surface, and a crimp ring
crimps the strength member to the crimp surface. A heat shrunk tube is positioned
around a portion of the upjacket, the cable furcation device, and a portion of
the cable.
