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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ilona W. Schmidt, Roedental, DE;
Reiner Schneider, Ebersdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Corning Cable Systems, LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
The optical cable essentially comprises a core ( ), containing at least one optical conductor ( ), a non-combustible support element ( ) surrounding the core ( ) in the shape of a tube or cylinder, a fireproofing layer ( ) arranged on the support element ( ) and a sheath ( ) containing a thermal insulation layer ( ). A material solidifying under the action of heat serves as fireproofing layer ( ).