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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Michael John Gimblet, Conover, NC (US);
Julian Latelle Greenwood, III, Hickory, NC (US);
Jason Clay Lail, Conover, NC (US);
Warren Welborn McAlpine, Hickory, NC (US);
Eric John Mozdy, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical communication cable includes a cable body, a plurality of core elements located within the cable body, a reinforcement layer surrounding the plurality of core elements within the cable body, and a film surrounding the plurality of core elements. At least one of the plurality of core elements includes an elongate optical transmission element. The film provides an inwardly directed force onto the core elements, and a surface of the film is bonded to the reinforcement layer.