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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
William Carl Hurley, Hickory, NC (US);
Ravinder Kumar Kinnera, Berlin, DE;
Warren Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
Joel Laine Parker, Hickory, NC (US);
Christopher Mark Quinn, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4436 (2013.01); G02B 6/4433 (2013.01); G02B 6/4434 (2013.01); G02B 6/449 (2013.01); G02B 6/4413 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flame-retardant fiber optic cable includes core elements, a film surrounding the core elements, and a jacket surrounding the film. The core elements include one or more optical fibers and at least one tube surrounding the one or more optical fibers. The material composition of the film differs from the jacket and the film is relatively thin.