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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2008
Kariofilis Konstadinidis, Decatur, GA (US);
David J. Mazzarese, Warren, MA (US);
Richard Norris, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Peter A. Weimann, Atalanta, GA (US);
Kariofilis Konstadinidis, Decatur, GA (US);
David J. Mazzarese, Warren, MA (US);
Richard Norris, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Peter A. Weimann, Atalanta, GA (US);
OFS Fitel, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A bend insensitive fiber optic cable includes a singlemode fiber, a buffer layer surrounding the fiber wherein a thickest component of the buffer layer has an elastic modulus greater than 515 MPa (75,000 psi), and a jacket surrounding the buffer layer, wherein the jacket has a thickness of at least 1.2 mm. In one preferred embodiment, the buffer layer includes a nylonresin with a nominal elastic modulus of approximately 218,000 psi. In this embodiment, an inner thin component of the buffer layer is made of an ethylene/ethyl acrylate resin so as to facilitate stripping of the buffer layer away from the fiber.