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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2004
Warren W. Mcalpine, Hickory, NC (US);
William C. Hurley, Hickory, NC (US);
Richard S. Wagman, Hickory, NC (US);
James L. Baucom, Conover, NC (US);
Scott A. Mcdowell, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Warren W. McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
William C. Hurley, Hickory, NC (US);
Richard S. Wagman, Hickory, NC (US);
James L. Baucom, Conover, NC (US);
Scott A. McDowell, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable is provided that includes a plurality of lengthwise extending, non-jacketed bundles of optical fibers and a cable jacket surrounding the bundles of optical fibers. Each bundle of optical fibers may include a binder, such as a binder thread, for maintaining the integrity of the bundle. The binder may include, for example, a binder thread formed of an air entangled, textured, continuous multi-filament thread. The fiber optic cable may also include a separation element for preventing adhesion between the bundles of optical fibers and the cable jacket without having to separately jacket each bundle of optical fibers.