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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael John Gimblet, Conover, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Jason Clay Lail, Conover, NC (US);
Eric John Mozdy, Horseheads, NY (US);
David Alan Seddon, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes a jacket forming a cavity therein, a stack of fiber optic ribbons located in the cavity, and a strength member embedded in the jacket. The jacket forms a ridge extending into the cavity lengthwise along the fiber optic cable. The ribbon stack is spiraled through the cavity such that corners of the ribbon stack pass by the ridge at intermittent locations along the length of the cable, where interactions between the ridge and the corners of the ribbon stack facilitate coupling of the ribbon stack to the jacket.