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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2023
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Warren Welborn Mcalpine, Hickory, NC (US);
David Alan Seddon, Hickory, NC (US);
Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare, Hickory, NC (US);
Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr., Newton, NC (US);
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber cable includes a central element, extending along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable, and a plurality of routable subunits, each routable subunit having a rigidly stranded ribbon stack and a tight buffer layer surrounding the ribbon stack, wherein the subunits are SZ-stranded around the central element to form a cable core. A binder film continuously and contiguously surrounds the plurality of routable subunits along the longitudinal axis and a cable sheath continuously and contiguously surrounds the binder film along the longitudinal axis, wherein the cable sheath has an inside surface and an outside surface, the inside surface defining an elliptical shape and the outside surface defining a generally circular shape.