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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:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hou-ching M Yang, Conover, NC (US);
James D Holder, Hickory, NC (US);
Christopher W McNutt, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel NA Cable Sytems, Inc., Claremont, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385109 ; 264-128 ; 2642091 ; 385113 ; 385141 ;
Abstract
A buffer tube for an optical fiber cable is made from a polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer resin having nucleating agents and filler materials disbursed therein. The nucleating agents and filler materials improve compression-tension resistance and thermal expansion properties of the polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer buffer tube.