Fiber optic cable having a dry insert

US7693375B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• Riley Saunders Freeland · Newton, US
• David Alan Seddon · Hickory, US
• Kenneth D. Temple, Jr. · Newton, US
• Anne Germaine Bringuier · Taylorsville, US
• Jody L. Greenwood · Hickory, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/448
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic cable includes 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, thereby providing a dry cable core.