Fiber optic cable having a ripcord
AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsJason C. Lail, Jody L. Greenwood, Patrick K. Strong, Roger K. Peterson, Bradley J. Blazer, William E. Caldwell, Richard S. Wagman, Douglas S. Hedrick
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Abstract
A fiber optic cable including a cable core having at least one optical fiber and a ripcord. In one embodiment, the ripcord is a conductive material operative, upon application of a sufficient pulling force, to rip at least one cable component for facilitating access to said at least one optical fiber. In other embodiments, the ripcord is formed from a semi-conductive material, the ripcord is removably attached to at least one cable component, and/or the ripcord has an excess length.
Claims31
A fiber optic cable, said fiber optic cable comprising:
- a cable core having at least one optical fiber;
- a ripcord, the ripcord being an electrically conductive material operative, upon application of a sufficient pulling force, to rip at least one cable component for facilitating access to said at least one optical fiber.
A fiber optic cable, said fiber optic cable comprising:
- a cable core having at least one optical fiber;
- a ripcord, the ripcord having a portion being an electrically semi-conductive material operative, upon application of a sufficient pulling force, to rip at least one cable component for facilitating access to said at least one optical fiber.
A fiber optic cable, said fiber optic cable comprising:
- a cable core having at least one optical fiber;
- a ripcord, the ripcord having an excess length with respect to an associated portion of the fiber optic cable and being operative, upon application of a sufficient pulling force, to rip at least one cable component for facilitating access to said at least one optical fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.