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US 2015/0316736 A1Published application
Low shrink telecommunications cable and methods for manufacturing the same
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorWayne M. Kachmar
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable having a layer constructed to resist post-extrusion shrinkage. The layer includes a plurality of discrete shrinkage-reduction members embedded within a base material. The shrinkage-reduction members can be made of a liquid crystal polymer. The disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing telecommunications cables having layers adapted to resist post-extrusion shrinkage.
Claims15
(canceled)
A telecommunications cable having a length comprising:
- at least one optical fiber having a core surrounded by a cladding and at least one protective coating;
- and
- a buffer surrounding the protective coating of the at least one optical fiber, the buffer including a base material and a plurality of shrinkage reduction members embedded within the base material to resist axial shrinkage of the buffer, the shrinkage-reduction members including liquid crystal polymer, each of the shrinkage-reduction members having lengths in a range of 0.2 mm-100 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.