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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Cory Guenter, Conover, NC (US);
James Register, Iii, Hickory, NC (US);
Todd Rhyne, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Cory Guenter, Conover, NC (US);
James Register, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Todd Rhyne, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fiber optic cable having optical fibers such as a microstructured bend performance optical fibers disposed within a protective covering. The protective covering is highly flexible and the fiber optic cable has extremely low delta attenuation when aggressively bent compared with the conventional fiber optic cable designs. Other variations of the present invention include a connector attached to the fiber optic cable.