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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Joel Patrick Carberry, Big Flats, NY (US);
David Wesley Chiasson, Edmonton, CA;
Jeffrey Dean Danley, Hickory, NC (US);
Anping Liu, Horseheads, NY (US);
Barada Kanta Nayak, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A crush resistant, kink resistant optical cable including crush resistant, kink resistant optical fiber buffer tubes and systems and method for making the same are provided. The buffer tubes include a depression pattern formed along the outer surface of the buffer tube. The depression pattern provides areas of decreased thickness in the buffer tube facilitating flexibility and kink resistance. The system and method relates to laser ablation for forming the depression pattern in the buffer tube.