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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Lei Ji, Beijing, CN;
Eric Raymond Logan, Hickory, NC (US);
Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Mark Quinn, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable and related method is provided. The cable includes a cable body and a plurality of optical transmission elements surrounded by the cable body. The cable includes a reinforcement layer surrounding the plurality of optical transmission elements and located between the cable body and the plurality of optical transmission elements. The reinforcement layer includes an outer surface and a channel defined in the outer surface that extends in the longitudinal direction along at least a portion of the length of the cable. The cable includes an elongate strength element extending in the longitudinal direction within the channel.