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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:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel J. Rutterman, Hickory, NC (US);
William C. Hurley, Hickory, NC (US);
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
A unitized fiber optic cable ( ) having cables ( ) with respective buffer units ( ) therein. Each buffer unit ( ) includes at least two optical fibers ( ) generally tightly held by a buffer layer ( ) for sliding contact therewith. The buffer units ( ) can be stranded about a central member ( ) and enclosed in a jacket ( ).