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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Harold Edward Hudson, II, Conover, NC (US);
William Carl Hurley, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable is provided. The optical communication cable includes a cable jacket and a plurality of optical fiber subunits surrounded by the cable jacket. Each optical fiber subunit includes a subunit jacket and a plurality of optical fibers located within the subunit passage. Each optical fiber includes an outer polymer buffer coating, such as a tight buffer coating. The outer cable jacket and/or the outer polymer buffer coating of the optical fibers is formed from a halogen containing polymer material including a fire retardant material, and the subunit jacket is formed from a polyolefin polymer material including a fire retardant material.