Fiber optic cables and assemblies for fiber toward the subscriber applications

US8712200B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• George Cornelius Abernathy · Hildebran, US
• Rodney Maurice Burns · Conover, US
• Michael John Gimblet · Conover, US
• Warren Welborn McAlpine · Hickory, US
• Allen Michael Miller · Lenoir, US
• David Alan Seddon · Hickory, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/545
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber, strength components disposed on opposite sides of the optical fiber, and a polymeric cable jacket. The optical fiber includes a glass core, a glass cladding, and a polymer coating. The cable jacket surrounds the optical fiber and the strength components. Further, the cable jacket is tightly drawn onto the optical fiber, where excess fiber length of the optical fiber is such that positive strain is present in the optical fiber at room temperature (25° C.).