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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2014
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Marisol Aponte Cervantes, Reynosa, MX;
Michael Travis Hundley, Conover, NC (US);
Gregory Alan Lochkovic, Conover, NC (US);
Francisco Luna Pina, Hickory, NC (US);
Sherrh Clint Reinhardt, Hickory, NC (US);
Thomas Theuerkorn, Hickory, NC (US);
Karen Elizabeth Williams, Sherrills Ford, NC (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Fiber optic cable demarcations inhibiting movements of optical fibers relative to strength members, and related cable assemblies and methods, are disclosed. By bonding optical fibers to strength members with a bonding agent received into at least one cavity, a demarcation may be formed inside the cable jacket at a cable jacket interface. The at least one cavity may be disposed within a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable and at the cable jacket interface. The demarcation may bond at least one optical fiber and at least one strength member together to inhibit longitudinal movement of the at least one optical fiber relative to the at least one strength member. In this manner, the demarcation may inhibit optical fiber movement within the fiber optic connector, which may cause tensile forces and/or buckling of the optical fiber resulting in optical fiber damage and/or optical attenuation.