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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Andrew S Dodd, Hickory, NC (US);
Dieter Erwin Kundis, Lautertal, DE;
Sebastian Olszewski, Lodz, PL;
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a fiber optic cable includes manufacturing a subunit and manufacturing an outer portion. Manufacturing the subunit includes extruding a subunit jacket over a first reinforcement material constraining an optical fiber. Manufacturing the outer portion of the fiber optic cable includes extruding an outer jacket over a second reinforcement material between the outer jacket and the subunit jacket. Hoop stress is applied to the second reinforcement material by the outer jacket, which constrains the second reinforcement material such that it is positioned and oriented to provide anti-buckling support to the fiber optic cable and mitigate effects on the optical fiber of jacket shrinkage due to low temperatures.