Optical waveguides – Optical transmission cable – Tightly confined
Reexamination Certificate
2009-10-28
2011-10-18
Healy, Brian M. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
Optical transmission cable
Tightly confined
C385S100000, C385S101000, C385S102000, C385S104000, C385S105000, C385S106000, C385S107000, C385S108000, C385S109000, C385S110000, C385S111000, C385S112000, C385S113000, C385S114000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08041166
ABSTRACT:
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 axis and a maximum thickness that extends along the minor axis. The maximum width of the transverse cross-sectional profile is longer than the maximum thickness of the transverse cross-sectional profile. The outer jacket also defines first and second separate passages that extend through the outer jacket along a lengthwise axis of the outer jacket. The second passage has a transverse cross-sectional profile that is elongated in an orientation extending along the major axis of the outer jacket. The fiber optic cable also includes a plurality of optical fibers positioned within the first passage a tensile strength member positioned within the second passage. The tensile strength member has a highly flexible construction and a transverse cross-sectional profile that is elongated in the orientation extending along the major axis.
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