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US 2009/0214167 A1Published application
Optical Cable Buffer Tube with Integrated Hollow Channels
AssigneeDraka Comteq B.V.
InventorsBoyce Lookadoo, Don Parris
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Abstract
Disclosed is a buffer tube that incorporates hollow channels into its wall. This reduction in material moderates the buffer tube's thermal expansion and contraction.
Claims11
A fiber optic cable, comprising:
- an optical conductor;
- a buffer tube enclosing said optical conductor within said buffer tube's central cavity, said buffer tube possessing a wall that defines therein one or more hollow channels;
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- a cable jacket surrounding said buffer tube and its enclosed optical conductor.
1 more element
A fiber optic cable, comprising one or more optical fibers positioned within a buffer tube, said buffer tube defining one or more ducts integrated within said buffer tube's wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.