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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Timothy F Summers, Hickory, NC (US);
Kevin T White, Hickory, NC (US);
Donald K Hall, Mooresville, NC (US);
George C Abernathy, Hildebran, NC (US);
Bruce E Townsend, Hickory, NC (US);
Thomas Mueller, Bettelhecker Stasse, DE;
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable (40,50) having a cellularized cable component (10,10',10'), the cellularized cable component including at least one optical fiber and a cable jacket (45,55). The cable jacket can include surface irregularities (46,56) having crests and hollows (46a,46b;56a,56b) for reducing surface-to-surface contact with a surface (60) in the cable passage way. The cable jacket can include a friction reducing additive for lubricating the interface between the cable jacket and the cable passageway or objects in the cable passageway. A method and apparatus for producing the cables is also disclosed.