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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2016
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Rodney Maurice Burns, Conover, NC (US);
James Garrett Dewell, Union Grove, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Keith Aaron Greer, Morganton, NC (US);
Warren Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes a cable core of core elements and a protective sheath surrounding the core elements, an armor surrounding the cable core, the armor comprising a single overlap portion when the fiber optic cable is viewed in cross-section, and a jacket surrounding the armor, the jacket having at least two longitudinal discontinuities extruded therein. A method of accessing the cable core without the use of ripcords includes removing a portion of the armor in an access section by pulling the armor away from the cable core so that an overlap portion separates around the cable core as it is being pulled past the cable core. A protective sheath protects the core elements as the armor is being pulled around the cable core.