Fiber optic cable having a dry insert and methods of making the same

US7277615B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• Jody L. Greenwood · Hickory, US
• Kenneth D. Temple, Jr. · Newton, US
• Keith H. Lail · Connelly Springs, US
• David Alan Seddon · Hickory, US
• Randall Dwaine Tuttle · Conover, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4403
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic cable and a method of making the same include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert and a cable jacket. The at least one optical waveguide and at least one dry insert are at least partially disposed within a cavity of the cable jacket. In one embodiment, the cable includes a first dry insert and a second dry insert disposed within the cavity so that the at least one optical waveguide is disposed between the first dry insert and the second dry insert.