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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
David Z. Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
Christina M. Colasanto, New Ipswich, NH (US);
Patrick B. Anderson, Woodstock, MD (US);
Christopher D. Levendos, Yonkers, NY (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4464 (2013.01); G02B 6/4438 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cable, and method and system for deploying the cable are described. The cable includes a jacket having a plurality of outer grooves formed on its outer surface. The cable can be deployed by blowing it through a microduct using a jetting apparatus. The outer grooves allow the cable to be deployed over extended distance by allow improved airflow between the first and second ends of the microduct.