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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2023
Applicant:

Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Terry Lee Ellis, Hickory, NC (US);

Martin Cervantes Martinez, Maiden, NC (US);

Ellen Anderson Stupka, Statesville, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4431 (2023.05); G02B 6/44384 (2023.05); G02B 6/566 (2023.05);
Abstract

An optical fiber carrying structure that includes a jacket and a rip cord is provided. Optical fiber cables are used to transmit data over distance. Generally, large distribution cables that carry a multitude of optical fibers from a hub are sub-divided at network nodes into subunits. To remove a jacket of a subunit, the subunit may be provided with an access feature such as a rip cord. Described herein is a rip cord for use with optical fiber carrying structures.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ellis, Terry. (2025). Fiber carrying structure with rip cord and related method (U.S. Patent No. 12405437). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12405437

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