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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A Boxer, Pinetown, NC (US);
Jeffrey J Bush, Duluth, GA (US);
John E George, Cumming, GA (US);
Howard M Kemp, Brandon, FL (US);
Peter A Weimann, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4403 (2013.01); G02B 6/441 (2013.01); G02B 6/4434 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fiber cable may include a cable jacket, a rigid tensile reinforcement member centered within the cable jacket, and a plurality of partially bonded optical fiber ribbons around the rigid tensile reinforcement member. The optical fiber cable does not include any buffer tubes but may include a cushioning layer adjacent the ribbons.