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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
James A. Register, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Samuel D. Navé, Conover, NC (US);
Martyn Easton, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic interconnect cable having at least one optical fiber ribbon surrounded by a cable jacket with substantial hoop strength, the cable jacket having a top wall, a bottom wall, and sidewalls. The sidewalls being thicker than the top and bottom walls. The jacket being formed of a material having a hardness for cable performance characteristics, the hardness being between a Shore A hardness of about 85 and a Shore D hardness of about 70. Other embodiments include a core formed as a generally rod-shaped structure with a plurality of slots formed in an outer surface thereof. The plurality of slots extending generally lengthwise along the core and an outer jacket surrounding the core. At least one interconnect ribbon cable is disposed in at least one of the slots.