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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2016
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael John Gimblet, Conover, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Jason Clay Lail, Conover, NC (US);
Eric John Mozdy, Horseheads, NY (US);
David Alan Seddon, Hickory, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes a jacket forming a cavity therein, the jacket having an indentation on the exterior thereof that forms a ridge extending into the cavity along the length of the jacket; and a stack of fiber optic ribbons located in the cavity, each ribbon having a plurality of optical fibers arranged side-by-side with one another and coupled to one another in a common matrix, wherein corners of the ribbon stack pass by the ridge at intermittent locations along the length of the jacket, and wherein interaction between the ridge and the ribbon stack facilitates coupling of the ribbon stack to the jacket.