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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Anne Germaine Bringuier, Taylorsville, NC (US);
Matthew Fitzgerald, Hickory, NC (US);
Warren Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
Joel Laine Parker, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes a tape comprising a substrate of an extrudable thermoplastic, core items of the fiber optic cable, and a jacket around the tape and core items. The tape includes water-swellable material integrated therewith and the core items include one or more optical fibers. The tape is incorporated with core items such that the water-swellable material of the tape is configured to limit water from flowing lengthwise along the cable through gaps among the core item.