Commscope, Inc of North Carolina

Commscope, Inc.

George W Bollinger, Jr

Christopher Paul Gemme

Cable conduits include an elongated tubular conduit body having an exterior surface and an interior surface that define a tube wall, the interior surface of the tubular body defining a longitudinal internal cavity that is configured to hold a plurality of jacketed cables. The conduits also have first and second longitudinally extending channels within the tube wall. A first ripcord is free-floating within at least a portion of the first longitudinally extending channel and a second ripcord is free-floating within at least a portion of the second longitudinally extending channel. The first and second longitudinally extending channels are located on opposite sides of the longitudinal internal cavity. Related methods of slitting such cable conduits are also provided.

Cable conduits having ripcords for longitudinally slitting the conduit and related methods

A communications cable is made by providing at least one conducting element, and co-extruding first and second polymeric materials around the at least one conducting element to form a dielectric jacket encasing the at least one conducting element. The at least one conducting element may include at least one electrical conductor, and/or at least one optical fiber. The dielectric jacket has a substantially constant cross-sectional configuration along a length of the cable and comprises an inner layer formed from the first polymeric material and an outer layer formed from the second polymeric material. The outer layer has an outer surface with a coefficient of friction within the range of about 0.05-0.40, and a thickness of between about five and ten thousandths of an inch (0.005&#x2033;-0.010&#x2033;).

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Claremont, NC, United States of America

George W Bollinger, Jr