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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:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Scott M. Chastain, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Terri L. Dixon, Cary, NC (US);
Glenn M. Gregrich, Stow, OH (US);
Keith Quistorff, Cary, NC (US);
Brett W. Schultz, Burton, OH (US);
Scott M. Chastain, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Terri L. Dixon, Cary, NC (US);
Glenn M. Gregrich, Stow, OH (US);
Keith Quistorff, Cary, NC (US);
Brett W. Schultz, Burton, OH (US);
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Wayne, NJ (US);
Abstract
An air blown fiber tube cable having improved thermal stability in contrast to conventional air blown fiber (ABF) tube cables and within which one or more air blown optical fiber units can be installed. The air blown fiber tube is formed from a cross-linked polyolefin (preferably cross-linked high density polyethylene) comprising at least one non-polymer filler material having a coefficient of thermal expansion less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of said tube.