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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Emanuela Gallo, Berlin, DE;
Gerhard Merbach, Neustadt bei Coburg, DE;
Waldemar Stöcklein, Coburg, DE;
Assignee:
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4436 (2013.01); G02B 6/4486 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket, a plurality of buffer tubes arranged on the inside of the cable jacket, a plurality of optical fibers arranged on the inside of each buffer tube, and a fire-retardant material having intrinsic tire-retarding properties. The fire-retardant material may be a filling material disposed between the cable jacket and the buffer tubes.