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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Hickory, NC (US);
Rodney Maurice Burns, Conover, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Keith Aaron Greer, Morganton, NC (US);
Warrem Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4494 (2013.01); G02B 6/441 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable, or a sub-assembly thereof, includes core elements and a binder film. The core elements are wound in a stranded configuration that includes a pattern of reverse-oscillatory winding. The binder film overlays and surrounds the stranded core elements, and constrains the core elements in the stranded configuration.