Patent · US Active

Fiber optic cable structured to facilitate accessing an end thereof

US10126517B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

13References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

Jeffery Alan Clampitt · Granite Falls, US
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III · Hickory, US
Leigh Rooker Josey · Hickory, US
Warren Welborn McAlpine · Hickory, US
Eric John Mozdy · Meadville, US
Jorge Serrano · Newton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 14, 2014
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4413
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fiber optic cable includes a core, armor surrounding the core, and a jacket surrounding the armor. The core includes tubes, each tube having a passage defined therein, optical fibers positioned in the passages, and a binder sleeve defining an exterior of the core. Portions of the binder sleeve are directly bonded to the armor, while other portions are not. Spacing between the armor and the core, as well as the bond between the armor and binder sleeve, facilitate tubing-off of an end section of the cable to include removal of the binder sleeve.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.