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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8041166 | Flat drop cable The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable including an outer jacket having an elongated transverse cross-sectional profile defining a major axis and a minor axis. The transverse cross-sectional profile has a maximum width that extends along the major axi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7881576 | Fiber optic drop cables and preconnectorized assemblies A preconnectorized outdoor cable streamlines the deployment of optical waveguides into the last mile of an optical network. The preconnectorized outdoor cable includes a cable and at least one plug connector. The plug connector is attached to a first end of the cabl... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869678 | Telecommunications cable jacket adapted for post-extrusion insertion of optical fiber and methods for manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable having a jacket including a feature for allowing post-extrusion insertion of an optical fiber or other signal-transmitting member. The present disclosure also relates to a method for making a telecommunica... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7646952 | Optical fiber cable having raised coupling supports Disclosed is an optical fiber cable that includes optical fibers and a deformable coupling element enclosed within a buffer tube. The coupling element is formed from a deformable yet substantially incompressible material and features a number of raised members proje... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7603012 | Optical cable with peelable strength member portion A fiber optic cable that includes one or more optical fibers, and one or more strength members spanning the length of the cable. The cable also includes a protective jacket protecting the cable across all, or at least substantially all of its length. One or more end... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7536071 | Optical cable for communication An optical cable for communication includes at least one micromodule, wherein the micromodule is blocked with respect to the propagation of water. The at least one micromodule includes at least one optical fiber, a retaining element for housing the at least one opti... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7433564 | Optical device for optical communication An optical phase modulator made of lithium niobate or the like phase-modulates the output light of a single-wavelength laser light source 20 that emits CW light, and the phase-modulated light is inputted to a dispersion medium 22. The positive chirp an... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422378 | Fiber optic cable breakout configuration with excess fiber length The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable including a distribution cable and a tether that braches from the distribution cable at a mid-span breakout location. A flexible closure covers the mid-span breakout location. Within the closure, fibers ar... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421169 | Optical fiber cable An optical fiber cable that sustains reduced increase in transmission loss and optical fiber breakage when subject to external pressure exerted thereon, comprises an aggregate of elements including central buffer filaments disposed in the center part of the optical ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415181 | Fiber optic cables and assemblies for fiber to the subscriber applications A fiber optic cable has at least one optical fiber, at least one strength member having a major strength member dimension, and a cable jacket. The cable jacket has two major surfaces that are generally flat and includes a cavity with a cavity minor dimension general... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403685 | Overmold zip strip A telecommunications cable includes a distribution cable, a tether branching from the distribution cable at the mid-span breakout location, an enclosure that surrounds the breakout location, and an access device including a ripcord installed on the enclosure. Typica... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397991 | Fiber optic cables and assemblies and the performance thereof A fiber optic cable having at least one optical fiber such as a microstructured bend performance optical fiber disposed within a protective covering. The protective covering is highly flexible and the fiber optic cable has extremely low delta attenuation when aggres... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391944 | Fiber optic cable with a concave surface A drop cable includes a jacket having first and second opposing sides. The first side has a concave surface. At least one strength member is disposed in the jacket. An optical transmission component is disposed within the jacket and proximate the concave surface. Th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391943 | Fiber optic cables that are separable for optical fiber access A fiber optic cable includes a messenger section having at least one strength member, a carrier section having at least one optical fiber therein, and a common jacket that forms a common jacket. In one embodiment, the carrier jacket has a preferential tear portion a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379642 | Low shrink telecommunications cable and methods for manufacturing the same 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... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373057 | Telecommunication loose tube optical cable with reduced diameter An optical fiber cable has a highly reduced diameter. The cable has a central strength member; a number of tubes containing loosely arranged optical fibers, each tube having a thickness, and each optical fiber having a coating; and a protective outer jacket, wherein... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359600 | Loose tube optical cable having straight aggregation structure Disclosed is a loose tube optical cable having an unstranded structure, which includes a tensile strength member longitudinally elongated and having a central axis deviated from the center of the optical cable, a loose tube optical fiber unit longitudinally elongate... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352936 | Optical aerial line and method of installation thereof An optical aerial line has an optical cable extending parallel to an aerial electrical conductor and lashed to the electrical conductor by means of securing elements, wherein the securing elements have at least two binders helically wound onto the electrical conduct... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349607 | Optical transmission element Between an optical fiber (LF11, LFB12, LFB13) and a surrounding core covering (AH11, AH12, SB13) of an optical transmission element (OE11 to OE13) there is at least one dry and compressible fixating element (FE... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340134 | Flame retardant fiber optic cables Fiber optic cables are disclosed that include at least one optical fiber and a flame-retardant cable jacket. The flame-retardant cable jacket has a cavity wherein the at least one optical fiber is disposed within the cavity. The flame-retardant cable jacket includes... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336877 | Broadband optical fiber An optical waveguide fiber having a multi-segmented core surrounded by a cladding, the core having a central segment and an annular segment surrounding the central segment. The central segment has a positive relative refractive index profile, and the annular segment... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336873 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is a polyurethane foam and the second layer is a water-swellable layer, where... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330621 | Flexible optical closure and other flexible optical assemblies Flexible closures and other flexible optical assemblies that are installed within a factory, or in the field, and then deployed using cable installation methods, wherein the flexible closures and assemblies have the ability to bend and twist without incurring physic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324730 | Optical fiber cables for wellbore applications A cable which includes conductor bundles prepared from at least one optical fiber positioned either centrally or helically about the center axis of the bundle, metallic conductors helically positioned around the bundles center axis, and a polymeric insulation materi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321709 | Optical cable An optical cable according to the present invention relates to an optical cable having a construction to enable reduction of a cable outer diameter, and/or improvement of contained efficiency of coated optical fibers while an increase of transmission loss in each co... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317863 | Fiber optic cable breakout configuration with retention block The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable including a distribution cable and a tether that branches from the distribution cable at a mid-span breakout location. A flexible closure covers the mid-span breakout location. Within the closure, fibers a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313303 | Telecommunication cable comprising a jointed optical core and method for jointing said core An optical cable having an optical core with a strength member and optical fibers embedded in a thermoplastic material. The optical core has a joint section having substantially the same diameter as the one of the optical core. The joint section has a jointed streng... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313304 | Locatable dielectric optical fiber cable having easily removable locating element The present invention provides a dielectric optical fiber cable which is capable of being remotely detected while buried. Specifically, this invention incorporates a detectable and easily removable locating element which is attached to the optical fiber cable by a w... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308176 | Optical fiber cables The specification describes an optical fiber drop cable with a flat configuration and having two side-by-side subunits. One of the subunits contains a cable strength member, e.g. a steel wire or stranded wire. The other subunit is an optical fiber subunit, which con... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7292757 | Apparatus and method for on-line binder laylength measurement and adjustment A method and apparatus for determining and adjusting binder laylength during the process of manufacturing a selected fiber optic cable design. Specifically, a binder, having a distinguishing and physically detectable feature, is wrapped around fiber optic bundles or... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289714 | Tubing wrap procedure A telecommunications cable includes a distribution cable, a tether, and a tube. One end of a length of optical fiber optically couples to the distribution cable and the opposite end of the length of optical fiber optically couples to the tether cable. The tube is mo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280725 | Fiber optic furcation tube and method A furcation tube including a central channel for receiving a fiber optic drop cable in a first end and an upjacket in a second end to transition an optical fiber within the drop cable into the upjacket for termination. A method of transitioning an optical fiber from... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277615 | Fiber optic cable having a dry insert and methods of making the same A fiber optic cable and a method of making the same include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert and a cable jacket. The at least one optical waveguide and at least one dry insert are at least partially disposed within a cavity of the cable jacket... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272282 | Fiber optic cables and assemblies suitable for distribution Fiber optic cables and assemblies useful for distribution of the optical fibers to a network are disclosed. The fiber optic cables include a first strength component and a second strength component with a cable jacket generally surrounding the first and second stren... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272283 | Distribution fiber optic cables for fiber to the subscriber applications A fiber optic cable and methods of manufacturing the same includes at least one optical fiber, and at least one ferrule. The at least one ferrule is attached to the at least one optical fiber before the cable jacket is applied. The cable jacket surrounds the at leas... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254302 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. The at least one optical waveguide is disposed within the tube and generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a fi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254303 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and method of manufacture include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert that generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide, and a tube. The dry insert includes a tape and at least one filament attached to the tape,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254307 | Fiber breakout system A breakout kit is adapted to hold a cable by engaging three different layers of the cable, including an interior layer of the cable, an exterior of the cable, and an intermediate layer of the cable which is between the interior layer and the exterior layer. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254305 | Low attenuation large effective area optical fiber An optical waveguide fiber having a multi-segmented core surrounded by a cladding, the core having a central segment and an annular segment surrounding the central segment. The central segment has a positive relative refractive index profile, and the annular segment... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251411 | Fiber optic cable breakout configuration with “Y” block The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable including a distribution cable and a tether that branches from the distribution cable at a mid-span breakout location. A flexible closure covers the mid-span breakout location. Within the closure, fibers a... | 07/31/2007 |
