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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2013
Corning Cable Systems Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
David Wesley Chiasson, Edmonton, CA;
Scott Allen McDowell, Connelly Springs, NC (US);
Reginald Roberts, Taylorsville, NC (US);
David Henry Smith, Hickory, NC (US);
Randall Dwaine Tuttle, Conover, NC (US);
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable is provided. The optical communications cable includes a cable body having an outer surface, an inner surface and a channel defined by the inner surface. An optical transmission element is located in the channel. The cable includes an ink layer positioned on the outer surface of the cable body, and the ink layer is formed from charged ink droplets adhered to the outer surface of the cable body. The cable also includes a translucent layer coupled to the outer surface of the cable body over the ink layer such that the ink layer is located between the outer surface of the cable body and an inner surface of the translucent layer.