Corning Optical Communications LLC

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Bradley Jerome Blazer

Warren Welborn McAlpine

Julian Latelle Greenwood, Iii

David Alan Seddon

Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr

Jason Clay Lail

Rodney Maurice Burns

Keith Aaron Greer

Michael John Gimblet

Dana Craig Bookbinder

Craig Miller Conrad

David Wesley Chiasson

Eric John Mozdy

David Henry Smith

Christopher Mark Quinn

Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare

Andrew Scott Dodd

Anne Germaine Bringuier

Harold Edward Hudson, Ii

Reginald Roberts

David W Chiasson

Douglas Scott Hedrick

James Garrett Dewell

Ming-Jun Li

Pushkar Tandon

Eric Raymond Logan

Xiaole Cheng

Randall Dwaine Tuttle

Brandon Robert Williamson

Alan Todd Parsons

Dieter Erwin Kundis

Sebastian Olszewski

Sergey Vladimirovich Chernykh

Ryan Thomas Adams

Brian Robert Blazer

Ming Li

John Richard Jacks

William James Miller

Daniel Warren Hawtof

Richard Steven Wagman

Jody L Greenwood

Ching-Kee Chien

Allen Michael Miller

Gregory Alan Lochkovic

Kimberly Dawn Slan

Yangbin Chen

Patrick King Strong

Scott Allen McDowell

Cory Fritz Guenter

William Eric Caldwell

Terry Lee Ellis

Carl M Whisnant, Jr

Randy Curtis Smith

Harriet G Cooke

Bruce E Townsend

Korey Shad Hite

Rodney D Cline

Kenzie Lee Hathaway

Darrin Kenneth Lail

Warrem Welborn McAlpine

Wilson Sidney Whisnant, Iii

Karen E Williams

Roger K Peterson

Mary Ann Clarke

George Neill Abernathy

Julian Latelle Greenwood

Kenneth Darrell Temple

Warren Welborn Mcalpine

Jr Kenneth Darrell Temple

Julian L Iii Greenwood

Iii Julian Latelle Greenwood

Julian Latelle Iii Greenwood

Wilson S Iii Whisnant

An optical fiber cable that includes subunits is provided. Optical fiber cables are used to transmit data over distance. The subunits are twisted and stranded within the cable to reduce degradation of stranding during use of the cable. The subunits of one or more optical fiber cables are arranged in complimentary configurations that counteract their varying asymmetrical forces to provide an improved handling performance for the optical fiber cable.

Optical cable with SZ stranded routable fiber carrying subunits

An optical fiber cable including a central strength member, a first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks, a binder film, and a cable sheath. The central strength member extends along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. The tight-buffered ribbon stacks are SZ-stranded around the central strength member. An interstitial space is provided between adjacent tight-buffered ribbon stacks. A binder film continuously and contiguously surrounds the first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks along the longitudinal axis. The binder film includes first portions and at least one second portion. Each of the at least one second portion of the binder film extends into one of the interstitial spaces of the first plurality of tight-buffered ribbon stacks. The cable sheath continuously and contiguously surrounds the binder film along the longitudinal axis, and the cable sheath is coupled to the first portions of the binder film.

SZ stranded tight-buffered ribbon stacks with binder film

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable having at least one optical fiber, a cable jacket, and a foam layer. The cable jacket has an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface is an outermost surface of the optical fiber cable, and the inner surface is disposed around the at least one optical fiber. The foam layer is disposed between the at least one optical fiber and the cable jacket. The foam layer includes a polymer component having from 30% to 100% by weight of a polyolefin elastomer (POE) or thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) and from 0% to 70% by weight of low density polyethylene (LDPE). The foam layer has a closed-cell morphology having pores with an average effective circle diameter of 10 μm to 500 μm. Further, the expansion ratio of the foam layer is at least 50%.

Foam for optical fiber cable, composition, and method of manufacturing

A fiber optic cable includes a cable core of core elements and a protective sheath surrounding the core elements, an armor surrounding the cable core, the armor comprising a single overlap portion when the fiber optic cable is viewed in cross-section, and a jacket surrounding the armor, the jacket having at least two longitudinal discontinuities extruded therein. A method of accessing the cable core without the use of ripcords includes removing a portion of the armor in an access section by pulling the armor away from the cable core so that an overlap portion separates around the cable core as it is being pulled past the cable core. A protective sheath protects the core elements as the armor is being pulled around the cable core.

Binder film for a fiber optic cable

An optical communication cable includes a cable jacket formed from a first material, a plurality of core elements located within the cable jacket, and an armor layer surrounding the plurality of core elements within the cable jacket, wherein the armor layer is a multi-piece layer having a first armor segment extending a portion of the distance around the plurality of core elements and a second armor segment extending a portion of the distance around the plurality of core elements, wherein a first lateral edge of the first armor segment is adjacent a first lateral edge of the second armor segment and a second lateral edge of the first armor segment is adjacent a second lateral edge of the second armor segment such that the combination of the first armor segment and the second armor segment completely surround the plurality of core elements.

Optical fiber cable with reinforcement

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first inner surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable also includes optical fibers disposed within the central bore and a buffer tube surrounding the optical fibers. The buffer tube has a second inner surface and a second outer surface. The optical fiber cable also includes an armor layer disposed between the first inner surface of the cable jacket and the second outer surface of the buffer tube and a water-blocking adhesive disposed between the armor layer and the first outer surface of the buffer tube. The water-blocking adhesive extends along the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable and around a circumference of the buffer tube.

Optical fiber cable having buffer coupled to armor using water-block adhesive and method

An optical fiber cable includes a jacket and a plurality of stranded core subunits, each core subunit comprising a flexible sheath and a plurality of ribbons arranged in a ribbon group, wherein each ribbon of the plurality of ribbons comprises a plurality of connected fibers such that 50-70% of the cross-sectional area inside the sheath is occupied by the connected fibers. The flexible sheath may be an extruded PVC material that conforms to the shape of the ribbon stack and keeps all of the ribbons acting as a unitary body during bending.

High fiber density ribbon cable

An optical cable is provided. The optical cable includes an outer cable body jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits. The optical fibers within each subunit are stranded relative to each other and are located within a thin subunit jacket. A plurality of unstranded optical fiber subunits are located within the cable jacket.

Optical fiber cable with parallel ribbon subunits

A fiber optic cable includes a stranded ribbon stack, a sheath extruded around the stranded ribbon stack to form a subunit, and an extruded foam layer, wherein the foam layer has a minimum inner diameter that is less than or equal to a maximum stack diagonal dimension of the stranded ribbon stack.

High density fiber optic ribbon cable

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