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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Brandon Robert Williamson, Hickory, NC (US);
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A loose-tube fiber optic cable includes a cable core and a jacket. The cable core includes a buffer tube and an optical fiber, where the optical fiber is within the buffer tube. The buffer tube may be positioned at an interior region of the loose-tube fiber optic cable and the jacket may be positioned around the cable core. Material forming the buffer tube may have a composition of greater than or equal to about 70% by weight of a polymer that includes propylene monomers. At least a portion of the polymer may have a beta phase crystal structure characterized by a pseudo hexagonal crystal structure.