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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2009
Daniel Bardroff, Augsburg, DE;
Stefan Jost, Augsburg, DE;
Georg Koebler, Grossaitingen, DE;
Jason Pedder, Chepstow, GB;
Karl Uhl, Bobingen, DE;
Peter A. Weimann, Atlanta, GA (US);
Daniel Bardroff, Augsburg, DE;
Stefan Jost, Augsburg, DE;
Georg Koebler, Grossaitingen, DE;
Jason Pedder, Chepstow, GB;
Karl Uhl, Bobingen, DE;
Peter A. Weimann, Atlanta, GA (US);
OFS Fitel, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
Polymer-coated transmission media having water-blocking material embedded in the outer surface of the transmission media prevents water penetration into the transmission media and reduces the overall diameter of a cable made from the transmission media by eliminating a water-blocking tape layer in the cable. The outer surface of the transmission media is a polymer whose outer surface is embedded with a water-blocking material. The water-blocking material is applied before the polymer is cured. The transmission media may be any known type of optical media, which guides a light within the optical media. In various embodiments, optical fibers, buffered optical fibers and fiber ribbons are used as the transmission media.