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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
George Cornelius Abernathy, Hildebran, NC (US);
David Wesley Chiasson, Edmonton, CA;
Randall Dwaine Tuttle, Conover, NC (US);
Assignee:
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4495 (2013.01); B29D 11/00721 (2013.01); G02B 6/443 (2013.01); G02B 6/4434 (2013.01); G02B 6/4486 (2013.01); G02B 6/4497 (2013.01); B29K 2023/0641 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/20 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Cables are constructed with embedded discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of polymer material coextruded in the cable jacket.