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8184934 Optical fiber cable  
A fiber optic cable having a jacket, at least one tube and at least two fibers within the tube in a loose tube arrangement. The fibers within the tube have a fiber length differential substantially...
8184935 Flat drop cable with center strength member  
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...
8180190 Optical fiber assemblies having a powder or powder blend at least partially mechanically attached  
Disclosed are fiber optic assemblies having at least one optical fiber disposed within a tube and/or cavity along with a powder or powder blend that is at least partially mechanically attached...
8150226 Method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical cable and cable so manufactured  
A method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical cable comprising at least one metal tube housing at least one optical fiber and having a predetermined excess fiber length (EFL) is described. In...
8145021 Cable for concentrating photovoltaic module  
Disclosed is a cable for use in a concentrating photovoltaic module. The cable includes at least one strand wrapped with an optically pervious or reflective sheath. The pervious sheath is made of a...
8111960 Fiber optic cable systems and methods to prevent hydrogen ingress  
Purging interior regions of a cable reduces or prevents hydrogen darkening of an optical fiber located in the cable. While hydrogen may permeate through an outer surface of the cable, fluid...
8107781 Fiber optic cable  
A fiber optic cable assembly includes an optical fiber, a strength layer surrounding the optical fiber and an outer jacket surrounding the strength layer. The outer jacket includes a base material...
8059929 Tools and 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...
8041167 Optical-fiber loose tube cables  
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...
8041162 Delivering light via optical waveguide and multi-view optical probe head  
Techniques, apparatus and systems that use an optical probe head to deliver light to a target and to collect light from the target for imaging, monitoring, medical diagnostics and medical treatment...
8041168 Reduced-diameter ribbon 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...
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...
8036509 Optical fiber cable having a deformable coupling element  
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...
8036510 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...
8023787 Cicada-resistant optical drop cable  
An optical drop cable includes optical fiber cores, tension-resistant members, and a single-material outer sheath covering the cores and the tension-resistant members. The bark of a young tree has...
8023786 Cable  
In order to improve a cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, an...
8000573 Generic tow lead-in for streamers  
Generic tow lead-in for streamers providing communication between the seismic systems and the streamers, consisting of at least four wire power quad, at least four multimode optical fibers and at...
7995886 Water-resistant optical cable and manufacturing method  
A method for manufacturing an optical cable for communication includes at least one micromodule, said micromodule being blocked with respect to the propagation of water. The method includes the...
7991256 Optical fiber cable and method for modifying the same  
Disclosed is an optical fiber cable that includes a main tube. A guide tube, which includes at least one optical element, is positioned within the main tube's central space. A compressible element...
7983520 Methods of making optical fiber assemblies having relatively low-levels of water-swellable powder  
Disclosed are fiber optic assemblies having at least one optical fiber and a water-swellable powder within a tube and/or cavity and methods for making the same. Fiber optic assemblies of the...
7974507 High-fiber-density optical fiber cable  
Disclosed is a fiber-optic cable that possesses a high cable filling coefficient (and/or a high cable fiber density) yet ensures that its enclosed optical fibers demonstrate improved attenuation...
7970247 Buffer tubes for mid-span storage  
Disclosed is a buffer tube that possesses a higher buffer-tube filling coefficient. Optical fibers enclosed within the buffer tube demonstrate improved attenuation performance when subjected to...
7933481 Optical cable  
The present invention relates to an optical cable comprising one or more optical waveguides, which one or more optical waveguides are provided with a protective layer, a buffer tube surrounding...
7916989 Optical fiber assemblies having a powder or powder blend at least partially mechanically attached  
Disclosed are fiber optic assemblies having at least one optical fiber disposed within a tube and/or cavity along with a powder or powder blend that is at least partially mechanically attached...
7837396 Attachment of a connector to a fiber optic cable  
This disclosure describes techniques for attaching a connector to a fiber optic cable. As described herein, lengthwise slits are made into the jacket and the buffer tube of a fiber optic cable,...
7822306 Buoyancy neutral fiber optic cable  
A robust fiber optic cable is well suited for harsh environments, such as undersea environments, as a communication link to a mobile undersea vehicle. In preferred embodiments, the fiber optic...
7817891 Method for accessing optical fibers within a telecommunication cable  
Disclosed is a method accessing one or more optical fibers in a telecommunication cable in a way that considerably reduces the risk of damaging the optical fibers. To avoid inadvertent damage...
7813606 Optical fiber cable  
It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical fiber cable which can reliably prevent increased transmission loss due to damage of the optical fiber as a result of the egg-laying...
7813605 Data communication cable comprising filling matrix and method of fabrication  
A data communication cable can comprise multiple pairs of twisted conductors. A jacket that extends along the outside surface of the cable can define a longitudinal core, internal to the cable. The...
7758257 Methods for forming connectorized fiber optic cabling  
A connectorized fiber optic cabling assembly includes a loose tube fiber optic cable and a connector assembly. The cable has a termination end and includes: an optical fiber bundle including a...
7742668 Semi-tight optical fiber unit  
Disclosed is a dry, semi-tight optical fiber unit that includes one or more optical fibers positioned within a buffer tube. A protective coating is provided upon the surface of the optical fibers,...
7742667 Fiber optic cables and methods for forming the same  
A loose tube optical fiber cable includes at least one cable unit. Each cable unit includes a plurality of loose, non-buffered optical fibers, a strength yarn at least partially surrounding the...
7729583 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...
7715672 Ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers  
Various embodiments described include optical fiber designs and fabrication processes for ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers (UHNAF) having a numerical aperture (NA) of about 1. Various...
7706646 Delivering light via optical waveguide and multi-view optical probe head  
Techniques, apparatus and systems that use an optical probe head to deliver light to a target and to collect light from the target for imaging, monitoring, medical diagnostics and medical treatment...
7706640 Telecommunication optical cable for gas pipeline applications having built-in leakage detecting device  
A telecommunication fiber optic cable for gas pipeline application has a built-in leakage detecting device. The cable has an optical core including a number of telecommunication optical fibers, an...
7693374 Tools and 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...
7668425 Bi-directional cable assembly with bend-improved fiber tether  
A bi-directional cable assembly for use with a fiber optic cable that includes at least one cable optical fiber that can carry bi-directional optical signals. The cable assembly is connected to the...
7664354 System and method for loose tube tight buffer indoor/outdoor optical fiber cable  
A fiber cable having at least one fiber optic element, a water swellable powder, disposed on the fiber optic element and a tube surrounding the fiber element and the water swellable powder. The...
7660501 Distribution cable assembly having overmolded mid-span access location  
A fiber optic cable assembly comprising a first fiber optic cable having pre-selected optical fibers pre-terminated and branched at a cable access point, a second cable optically connected to the...
7650055 Terminal with internal environmental seal  
An environmentally sealed closure, such as a terminal for terminated ends of fiber optic cables, includes a housing having a wall defining an interior volume. A floating sealing assembly is...
7646953 Fiber optic cable systems and methods to prevent hydrogen ingress  
Purging interior regions of a cable reduces or prevents hydrogen darkening of an optical fiber located in the cable. While hydrogen may permeate through an outer surface of the cable, fluid...
7639915 Optical fiber cable having a deformable coupling element  
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...
7630605 Optical fiber assemblies having relatively low-levels of water-swellable powder and methods therefor  
Disclosed are fiber optic assemblies having at least one optical fiber and a water-swellable powder within a tube and/or cavity and methods for making the same. Fiber optic assemblies of the...
7609926 Optical fiber cable  
An optical fiber cable maintains an outer jacket, at least one optical fiber tube within the jacket and for each optical fiber tube, four optical fibers, arranged in a substantially squared...
7590322 Fiber optic cable with enhanced saltwater performance  
A fiber optic cable can inhibit water, that may inadvertently enter the cable, from damaging the cable's optical fibers. The fiber optic cable can comprise a buffer tube defining an interior volume...
7577329 Data communication cable comprising filling matrix and method of fabrication  
A data communication cable can comprise multiple pairs of twisted conductors. A jacket that extends along the outside surface of the cable can define a longitudinal core, internal to the cable. The...
7574086 Installation method of optical fiber composite electric power cable and cable structure therefor  
Disclosed is installation of an optical fiber composite electric power cable. An installation method of an optical fiber composite electric power cable includes installing an electric power cable...
7570853 Environmentally robust liquid crystal polymer coated optical fiber cable and its use in hermetic packaging  
The invention relates to high-strength, abrasion-resistant optical fiber cable having a supplemental layer consisting essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) to enhance the cable's tensile...
7570855 Conduit bundles including first-type and second-type conduits with disparate properties  
A conduit bundle includes an inner bundle of first-type conduits extending between inner-bundle first and second ends. The first-type conduits are mutually and adjacently bonded along coinciding...
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