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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Anne Germaine Bringuier, Taylorsville, NC (US);
Rodney Maurice Burns, Conover, NC (US);
John Arthur Rowe, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Catharina Lemckert Tedder, Catawba, NC (US);
Brian Smith Witz, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes one or more optical fibers, a jacket, strength members, and water-swellable powder. The jacket is formed from a polymer and has a cavity defined therein. The one or more optical fibers extend through the cavity. Further, the jacket is non-round in cross-section and the strength members are encapsulated in the jacket on opposite sides of the cavity. The water-swellable powder is at least partially mechanically attached to an inner surface of the cavity, where the mechanical attachment of the water-swellable powder allows a portion of particles of the water-swellable powder to protrude beyond the surface and not be completely embedded therein.