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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Alan Todd Parsons, Newton, NC (US);
Pushkar Tandon, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
An optical ribbon is provided. The optical ribbon includes a plurality of optical transmission elements. The ribbon includes a ribbon body coupled to and supporting the plurality of optical transmission elements. The ribbon body is formed from a flexible polymeric material such that the plurality of optical transmission elements are reversibly movable between an aligned position in which the plurality of optical transmission elements are substantially parallel with each other and a curved position.