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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165439 | ADSS cables with high-performance optical fiber Disclosed is an improved optical fiber that employs a novel coating system. When combined with a bend-insensitive glass fiber, the novel coating system according to the present invention yields an optical fiber having exceptionally low losses. The coating sys... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8078025 | Vehicle dynamic measurement device and method for comprehensive parameters of rail wear The invention discloses a vehicle dynamic measurement device for comprehensive parameters of rail wear, which comprises a vision sensor, a computer and a milometer. A high-speed image acquisition card and a measurement module are installed in the computer. The visio... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7515798 | Optical harness assembly and method An optical harness assembly and method are provided. The optical harness assembly includes at least one optical harness cable having a termination end; at least one electrical connector having connector pins; and at least one active connector conversion unit coupled... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7440669 | Fiber optic cable thermal protection device and method A thermal protection device for a fiber optic cable includes a loop formed on the cable and a plurality of sub-units within the cable removed from an outer jacket. A circumferential cut is made through an outer jacket of each sub-unit. A tube is placed about the cut... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7409127 | Fiber optic assemblies suitable for adding nodes to a communication network Disclosed are fiber optic assemblies for adding additional nodes to a communication network. The fiber optic assemblies include a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of electrical conductors for transmitting power with a protective sheath covering at least a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7397990 | Signal transmitting cable A cable (302) has (8) fibers (304) are encapsulated by a UV curable layer (306) having a diameter of approximately (1010) microns, and (16) outer fibers (316) arranged in a circular formation around the inner fibers (304). The opti... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397992 | Tubeless fiber optic cables having strength members and methods therefor Disclosed are tubeless fiber optic cables having strength members, methods of making the cables, and methods for making strength members. Specifically, the concepts of the invention inhibit the distortion and/or influence the cross-sectional shape of the tubeless fi... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397993 | Fiber optic ribbons having an attachment portion Disclosed are fiber optic ribbons having at least one optical fiber and a protective covering such as a matrix material. The fiber optic ribbons include an attachment portion for providing the craft an installation option for securing the same. Specifically, the fib... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389039 | Method of managing and playing title of medium, medium, and medium drive A method of managing and playing a title of a medium, the medium playing a deleted video title set (VTS) even after finalization of recording of a medium. The medium includes a first area recording video title sets and a second area recording search information used... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7362936 | Optical harness assembly and method An optical harness assembly and method are provided. The optical harness assembly includes at least one optical harness cable having a termination end; at least one electrical connector having connector pins; and at least one active connector conversion unit coupled... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359583 | Fiber optic pair with pigtail geometry Optical devices are disclosed, one example of which includes first and second polarization maintaining (“PM”) fibers. The first and second PM fibers in this example are disposed beside each other to form a grouping that includes a secondary axis defined by the f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7346243 | Methods for manufacturing fiber optic distribution cables Fiber optic distribution cables and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The methods present one or more optical fibers outward of the protective covering for distribution of the same toward the subscriber. In one method of making the fiber optic distri... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7319802 | Conduit insert for optical fiber cable A flexible innerduct structure is configured to contain a cable within a conduit. The innerduct structure includes a pair of adjacent strip-shaped layers of flexible material that are joined along their longitudinal edges to define a channel through which the cable ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7302143 | Optical cable provide with a mechanically resistant covering An optical cable having at least one element for the transmission of optical signals and a structure that is able to protect the at least one element. The structure is a multilayer structure and is arranged in a position radially external to the at least one element... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302145 | Self-healing cable apparatus and methods Self-healing cable apparatus and methods are disclosed. The cable has a central core surrounded by an adaptive cover that can extend over the entire length of the cable or just one or more portions of the cable. The adaptive cover includes a protective layer having ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7289705 | Cable having signal conductors surrounding optically transmissive core remote imaging system An optical imaging system with a flexible cable having a first end and a second end. The cable has a central core element including a flexible optical conduit, with a number of wires surrounding the core element to form a tube concentric with an axis defined by the ... | 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 |
| 7277614 | Tether assembly having individual connector ports A tether assembly includes a tether cable containing optical fibers and adapted to be attached to a fiber optic distribution cable at a mid-span access location. A furcation at the end of the tether cable separates and transitions the optical fibers into furcation l... | 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 |
| 7269318 | In-color fiber optic cable identification method Herein described is a method and system for identifying buffer tubes in a cable by including at least one colored filling material within a transparent or translucent buffer tube. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7239781 | Composite fiber radial compression members in an umbilical The present inventions relate generally to umbilicals comprising at least one inner tube and at least one composite fiber element to provide greater resistance to radial compressive forces. Such umbilicals may be used in subsea hydrocarbon production applications. | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236670 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and methods of manufacturing the same include a tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a dry insert. In one embodiment, the dry insert generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide and forms a core that is disposed within the tub... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221832 | Fiber optic cable thermal protection device and method A thermal protection device for a fiber optic cable includes a loop formed on the cable and a plurality of sub-units within the cable removed from an outer jacket. A circumferential cut is made through an outer jacket of each sub-unit. A tube is placed about the cut... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221831 | Multi-tube fiber optic cable and system and method for making the same A multi-tube fiber optic cable maintains a plurality of fiber tubes, each fiber tube containing at least one optical fiber therein. The plurality of fiber tubes are disposed apart from a central axis of the cable. A plurality of strength members are disposed apart f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221833 | Optical cable with easily removable inner sheath Disclosed is an optical cable with a secondary sheath for surrounding and protecting a plurality of optical fiber units in which at least 1-core optical fiber is mounted in a buffer tube, wherein the secondary sheath is made of a mixture including 100 parts by weigh... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212715 | Cable element having repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive to couple buffer tubes to a central strength member A cable element and a method of making the same, in which the cable element has a central strength member, a plurality of buffer tubes are disposed on the central strength member, each of the plurality of buffer tubes encloses at least one signal transmission elemen... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206481 | Fiber optic cables manufactured as an assembly and method for manufacturing the same A plurality of fiber optic cables are manufactured as an assembly of fiber optic cables that are later separated into independent fiber optic cables. A method of manufacturing the fiber optic cable assembly is also described. A jacketing cover is extruded over compo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200307 | High count telecommunication optical cable with controlled fiber length method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A telecommunication optical cable has a number of optical fibers; at least a microsheath loosely containing the optical fibers, the at least one microsheath loosely containing the optical fibers therein forming at least one corresponding microbundle, wherein the opt... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197215 | Fiber optic cables with easy access features A tubeless fiber optic cable is disclosed, including at least one optical fiber extending in a longitudinal direction, and an outer jacket extending in the longitudinal direction so as to surround the optical fiber. The outer jacket has a cross-section defining an i... | 03/27/2007 |
