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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
C. Shawn Davis, Lilburn, GA (US);
H. Paul Debban, Snellville, GA (US);
Lisa A. Dixon, Atlanta, GA (US);
Peter A. Weimann, Atlanta, GA (US);
Fitel USA Corp., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber cable structure including a tube comprised of inorganic fillers dispersed within a soft resin, the tube housing optical fibers or ribbons surrounded by a water blocking material. The use of the inorganic fillers in the soft resin provides a cable structure with superior blowing performance due to low surface friction and high flexibility, allowing more effective installation of the fiber optic cable via blowing techniques The use of the inorganic fillers in the soft resin also reduces the thermal expansion/contraction of the cable structure, and increases the compression resistance of the cable structure to axial loads, providing protection to the optical fibers.