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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Mario Sergio Sandate Aguilar, Reynosa, MX;
Michael John Gimblet, Conover, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Warren Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4434 (2013.01); G02B 6/441 (2013.01); G02B 6/4413 (2013.01); G02B 6/4432 (2013.01); G02B 6/4433 (2013.01); G02B 6/4435 (2013.01); G02B 6/4488 (2013.01); G02B 6/4494 (2013.01); G02B 6/4495 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical communication cable subassembly includes a cable core having optical fibers each comprising a core surrounded by a cladding, buffer tubes surrounding subsets of the optical fibers, and a binder film surrounding the buffer tubes. Armor surrounds the cable core, the binder film is bonded to an interior of the armor, and water-absorbing powder particles are provided on an interior surface of the binder film.