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US 6,912,347 B2Granted
Optimized fiber optic cable suitable for microduct blown installation
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsMichael T. Rossi, Olaf Storaasli, Peter Lausch, Vincent Bourget, Aaron Kelly, George Dallas
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Abstract
A fiber optic cable with optical fibers stranded around a central strength member, and surrounded outer jacket made of a low coefficient of friction material and thinly constructed to show the profile of the stranded shape of the optical lines through the jacket, to thereby form a textured surface.
Claims26
An optical cable comprising:
- a central strength member;
- optical units stranded around said central strength member;
- and
- a protective outer jacket of a substantially constant thickness;
- wherein said outer jacket is wrapped around said optical units stranded around said central strength member in such a way so as to reproduce the shape of the stranded optical units in said outer jacket and thereby form a textured outer surface of said optical cable by creating circumferential peaks and valleys.
2 more elements
A method of constructing an optical cable, comprising:
- arranging a central strength member;
- stranding optical units around said central strength member;
- and
- covering said optical units stranded around said central strength member with a thin protective outer jacket of a substantially constant thickness so that the shape of the stranded optical units is reproduced in said outer jacket and forms a textured outer surface of said optical cable by creating circumferential peaks and valleys.
1 more element
An optical cable comprising:
- a central strength member;
- optical units stranded around said central strength member;
- an outer jacket of a substantially constant thickness;
- wherein said outer jacket is wrapped around said optical units stranded around said central strength member in such a way so as to reproduce the shape of the stranded optical units in said outer jacket and thereby form a textured outer surface;
- and
- wherein said cable has a periodic undulations per inch between 0.5 and 10.
3 more elements
An optical cable comprising:
- a central strength member;
- optical units stranded around said central strength member;
- an outer jacket of a substantially constant thickness;
- wherein said outer jacket is wrapped around said optical units stranded around said central strength member in such a way so as to reproduce the shape of the stranded optical units in said outer jacket and thereby form a textured outer surface;
- and
- wherein said cable has a periodic undulations per inch between 2.5 and 6.
3 more elements
A method of constructing an optical cable, comprising:
- arranging a central strength member;
- stranding optical units around said central strength member;
- covering said optical units stranded around said central strength member with a thin outer jacket of a substantially constant thickness so that the shape of the stranded optical units is reproduced in said outer jacket and forms a textured outer surface on said outer jacket;
- wherein said cable has a periodic undulations per inch between 0.5 and 10.
1 more element
A method of constructing an optical cable, comprising:
- arranging a central strength member;
- stranding optical units around said central strength member;
- and
- covering said optical units stranded around said central strength member with a thin outer jacket of a substantially constant thickness so that the shape of the stranded optical units is reproduced in said outer jacket and forms a textured outer surface on said outer jacket;
- wherein said cable has a periodic undulations per inch between 2.5 and 6.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.