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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2018
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Anne Germaine Bringuier, Taylorsville, NC (US);
Joel Patrick Carberry, Big Flats, NY (US);
David Wesley Chiasson, Edmonton, CA;
Anping Liu, Horseheads, NY (US);
Barada Kanta Nayak, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable and related systems and methods are provided. The optical cable includes a plurality of wrapped core elements, and the outer surfaces of adjacent wrapped core elements are joined together by discrete bond sections. The discrete bonds sections may be structures such as laser welds, ultrasonic welds, or adhesive material. The discrete bonds hold the wrapped core elements together in the wrapped pattern, such as an SZ stranding pattern.