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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2017
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Adra Smith Baca, Hickory, NC (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Manuela Ocampo, Corning, NY (US);
Richard Curwood Peterson, Elmira Heights, NY (US);
David Alan Seddon, Hickory, NC (US);
Pushkar Tandon, Painted Post, NY (US);
Brandon Robert Williamson, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A crush resistant optical cable and/or crush resistant optical fiber buffer tube are provided. The cable generally includes a tube having at least one layer formed from a first material and an optical fiber located within a channel of the first tube. The buffer tube is configured to protect optical fibers from crush or impact events through a cushioning action. For example, the first material may be a polymer material having modulus of elasticity of less than 200 MPa, and the layer of the tube acts as a compliant cushioning layer at least partially contacting and surrounding an outer surface of the optical fiber when radially directed forces are applied to the outer surface of the tube.