Corning Incorporated

Corning Research & Development Corporation

Mehrdad Mahmoudi

Nicolas LeBlond

Dan Allan Cremer

Jorge Guillermo Zapata Cobos

Christopher R Hughes

Embodiments of a pre-mold assembly for a distribution cable having one or more tether cables are provided. The assembly includes a first shell having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, a second shell having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, and a clip that couples the first shell to the second shell. The clip has a first leg configured to engage the first outer surface of the first shell and a second leg configured to engage the second outer surface of the second shell. In an assembled state, the inner surfaces of the shells define a first channel configured to hold the distribution cable. Further, the inner surfaces of the shells define a second channel that originates within the shells. The second channel is angled relative to the first channel and is configured to hold the one or more tether cables.

Pre-mold assembly for branched optical cable and related method

The present disclosure describes silicon carbide articles useful at high temperatures, and the method of making them. The method includes: providing a plurality of silicon carbide parts; providing a mullite gasket; placing the gasket between the ends of the parts to be joined to thereby form an assembly; applying a load in the range of 15-25 pounds per square inch to the parts' ends distal from the gasket to thereby press the gasket; heating the assembly in a muffle furnace under load to a temperature in the range of 1450&#xb0; C. to 1550&#xb0; C.; increasing the load on the to range of 30-50 pounds per square inch and holding the assembly at the temperature for a time in the range of 2-5 days to adhere the mullite gasket to the ends of the silicon carbide parts.

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Mehrdad Mahmoudi