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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Andrew Scott Dodd, Hickory, NC (US);
Dieter Erwin Kundis, Lautertal, DE;
Sebastian Olszewski, Lodz, PL;
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Andrew Scott Dodd, Hickory, NC (US);
Dieter Erwin Kundis, Lautertal, DE;
Sebastian Olszewski, Lodz, PL;
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes a subunit and an outer portion. The subunit includes a subunit jacket defining a passageway interior thereto, an optical fiber extending through the passageway, and a first reinforcement material constraining the optical fiber within the subunit jacket such that the optical fiber and the subunit jacket are coupled to one another by way of the first reinforcement material. The outer portion of the fiber optic cable includes an outer jacket defining an outer periphery of the cable and a second reinforcement material between the outer jacket and the subunit jacket. The second reinforcement material includes fiberglass yarn, and hoop stress applied to the fiberglass yarn by the outer jacket constrains the fiberglass yarn such that it is positioned and oriented to provide anti-buckling support to the fiber optic cable and mitigate effects on the optical fiber of jacket shrinkage due to low temperatures.