Tyco Telecommunications (us) Inc.

Tycom (us) Inc.

Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC

Seymour Shapiro

Chung-Shin Ma

Robert F Gleason

Qian Zhong

Craig Edward Murphy

Rong Zhu

William F Wright

An optical fiber cable includes pairs of transmission lines having length extensions and color coding to facilitate cable system assembly. Each transmission line is preferably constructed from unitary fibers including a P-type fiber and an N-type fiber with the length extensions of the same P-type and N-type fiber at each end respectively. The P-type fiber and the N-type fiber are preferably colored differently to indicate transmission direction. The P-type fiber and N-type fiber in one pair of transmission lines are preferably colored differently than the P-type fiber and N-type fiber in other pairs.

Deployable optical fiber transmission lines, optical transmission cable, and method of making same

An optical fiber cable is provided for undersea applications that include a hollow buffers tube with at least one optical fiber disposed therein. The buffer tube is formed from a plastic material. A water-blockable gel is located in the buffer tube and a series of strength members are configured in a close-packed arrangement around the buffer tube. A metal conductor surrounds the series of strength members and a plastic jacket encapsulating the metal conductor.

Undersea communications cable having centrally located, plastic buffer tube

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Long Branch, NJ, United States of America

Seymour Shapiro