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US 6,314,224 B1Granted
Thick-walled cable jacket with non-circular cavity cross section
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsJohn Boyet Stevens, Peter Elisson, Jeffrey S. Barker, Eric Buckland
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Abstract
An optical fiber cable including a cable jacket having a longitudinally extending inner cavity with a non-circular cross section, and at least two longitudinally extending strength members, wherein the non-circular cross section is disposed so that a minor axis thereof is substantially aligned with a line joining the at least two longitudinally extending strength members.
Claims17
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a cable jacket having an inner peripheral surface which defines a single, longitudinally extending, centrally located inner cavity with a non-circular cross section;
- and
- at least two longitudinally extending strength members embedded in the cable jacket on opposite sides of the inner cavity,
- wherein the non-circular cross section is disposed so that a minor axis thereof is substantially aligned with a line joining said at least two longitudinally extending strength members.
1 more element
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- at least two longitudinally extending strength members;
- and
- a cable jacket having an outer periphery with a circular cross section and an inner peripheral surface which defines a longitudinally extending inner cavity with a non-circular cross section, the non-circular cross section having a shape that is in the form of a rectangle with a semi-circle disposed at each longitudinal end thereof,
- wherein, at any given station along said fiber optic cable, the non-circular cross section is arranged such that a minor axis thereof coincides with a line joining center points of said at least two longitudinally extending strength members at that given station.
1 more element
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a cable jacket having a longitudinally extending inner cavity with a non-circular cross section;
- and
- at least two longitudinally extending strength members in the cable jacket,
- wherein the non-circular cross section is disposed so that a minor axis thereof is substantially aligned with a line joining said at least two longitudinally extending strength members,
- wherein an outer periphery of said cable jacket has a non-circular cross section, and
- wherein a major axis of the non-circular cross section of the outer periphery of said cable jacket is substantially aligned with the line joining said at least two longitudinally extending strength members.
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An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a cable jacket having an inner peripheral surface which defines a longitudinally extending inner cavity with a non-circular cross section;
- and
- at least two longitudinally extending strength members in the cable jacket,
- wherein the non-circular cross section is disposed so that a minor axis thereof is substantially aligned with a line joining said at least two longitudinally extending strength members,
- wherein the non-circular cross section has a shape that is in the form of a rectangle with a semi-circle disposed at each longitudinal end thereof.
2 more elements
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a cable jacket having an inner peripheral surface which defines a longitudinally extending inner cavity with a non-circular cross section;
- and
- at least two longitudinally extending strength members in the cable jacket,
- wherein the non-circular cross section is disposed so that a minor axis thereof is substantially aligned with a line joining said at least two longitudinally extending strength members, and
- wherein the cavity is rectangular.
2 more elements
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a cable jacket having an inner peripheral surface which defines a longitudinally extending inner cavity with a non-circular cross section;
- and
- at least two longitudinally extending strength members in the cable jacket,
- wherein the non-circular cross section is disposed so that a minor axis thereof is substantially aligned with a line joining said at least two longitudinally extending strength members, and
- wherein an outer periphery of said cable jacket has a non-circular cross section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.