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7672556 Flat design composite drop fiber cable with mid-span access capability  
A fiber cable having a first fiber containing portion with a plurality of optional fibers disposed therein. A second strength portion is separable from the first fiber containing portion arranged...
7561771 Method for installing a double ended distributed sensing fiber optical assembly within a guide conduit  
A method of installing a double ended distributed sensing optical fiber assembly within a guide conduit. The optical fiber sensing assembly has a first elongate section with a first proximal end...
7530744 Plug-in fiber-optic connector for use in a fluid medium  
A plug-in fiber-optic connector ( 5 ) for use in a fluid medium, characterized in that the rear tubular portion ( 21 ) of the plug is slidingly urged into the body portion ( 7 ) first to compress...
7529450 Fiber optic cable comprising improved filling material and method of fabrication  
A fiber optic cable can comprise small spheres or balls disposed in the cable's interstitial spaces, for example between the cable's optical fibers and a surrounding buffer tube. The spheres can...
7522794 Multi-layered water blocking cable armor laminate containing water swelling fabrics and method of making such  
This invention discloses a multi-layered laminate armor wrap for use with a copper or fiber optic cable having at least one water absorbing fabric layer, at least one polymer layer, and at least...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7280726 Controlled-intensity multiple-frequency multiple-axis illumination of macroscopic specimens from a single light source using special bifurcated cables  
In one embodiment a macroscopically-sized specimen is illuminated with radiations of selectable multiple intensities and frequencies for viewing along a single viewing axis. A stage supports...
7280723 Illumination assembly including a rigid light-guiding element incorporating a numerical-aperture alteration taper  
An illumination assembly includes a light-emitting element that emits light over a light-source numerical aperture and an elongated light-guiding element including opposed incident and emission...
7203405 Optical fiber cable with strategically placed filler rods  
An optical fiber cable including a central strength member extending longitudinally; a plurality of buffer tubes housing optical fibers and stranded around the strength member; a pair of filler...
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...
7190866 Distribution fiber optic cables having at least one access location and methods of making the same  
A method for manufacturing a distribution fiber optic cable is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of optical fibers for a cable core. Transitioning at least one of...
7099542 Low temperature dry loose tube fiber optic cable  
A water blocking configuration for a low temperature, dry loose tube fiber optic cable includes one or more flexible buffer tubes each having a passage sized to contain one or more optical fibers....
7099541 Optical fiber cable  
An optical fiber cable including a plurality of optical fibers, each optical fiber having a characteristic value in a middle field which is larger than characteristic values in fields other than...
7088894 Optical cable having waved metal tube, and method and apparatus for producing the same  
An optical cable having a metal tube receiving an optical fiber and bent to form a waved shape is disclosed. The optical cable may prevent cutoff of the optical fiber or deterioration of optical...
7024081 Fiber optic cable for use in harsh environments  
Fiber optic cables suitable for use in harsh environments such as down hole oil and gas well applications and methods for fabricating the same have been provided. In one embodiment, an optic cable...
7016579 Optical fiber cable with interstitial support members  
Fiber optic conduits are received around a central axis with their axes extending in the same direction as the central axis and with each fiber optic conduit tangent to two other fiber optic...
6987916 Fiber optic central tube cable with bundled support member  
A central tube cable, including a cable jacket defining an optical fiber cavity therein; at least one radial strength member embedded in the jacket; a plurality of optical fibers disposed within...
6980722 Multi-layer flexible optical fiber tow cable for measuring water temperature  
A tow cable in which the temperature of the cable is measurable by the use of multiplexing capability intrinsic to optical fibers in which the optical fibers are positioned at the center of the tow...
6973250 Method of and apparatus for managing a length of optical fibre  
A method and apparatus for managing a length of optical fiber by housing the length of optical fiber in a duct, the length of optical fiber being so coiled as to extend along the duct and the...
6963686 Optical fiber cable for air-blown installation  
An optical fiber cable for air-blown installation includes optical fibers acting as a medium for transmitting optical signals; a tube binding the optical fibers; string fillers surrounding the...
6934453 Fiber optic brush light detector and method  
A fiber optic brush including: an array of fiber optic bristles each having a first end forming a hollow chamber adapted to receive a scintillating material, and the bristles having a second end...
6895150 Cable containing optical transmission elements and method for the production thereof  
A cable, and process for manufacture thereof, containing optical transmission elements. The cable having the following characteristics: a central element stretching in the direction of the cable...
6859592 Optical fiber cable with controlled helix values  
A fiber optic cable having optical fibers disposed in buffer tubes, the buffer tubes defining at least two layers generally stranded about a center area of the cable. The buffer tube layers define...
6847768 Optical fiber tube assembly having a plug  
A fiber optic tube assembly including a tube having a longitudinal axis, at least one optical fiber, and at least one plug. The at least one optical fiber being at least partially disposed within...
6845200 Fiber optic assemblies, cable, and manufacturing methods therefor  
An optical assembly and methods of manufacturing the same include a longitudinal cavity, at least one optical waveguide being disposed in the longitudinal cavity having a predetermined length, and...
6813421 Fiber optic cable having a ripcord  
A fiber optic cable including a cable core having at least one optical fiber and a ripcord. In one embodiment, the ripcord is a conductive material operative, upon application of a sufficient...
6801696 Fiber optic cable structure and method  
An optical fiber cable structure including a tube comprised of inorganic fillers dispersed within a soft resin, the tube housing optical fibers or ribbons surrounded by a water blocking material....
6798958 Cable with a high density of optical fibers  
A cable includes a tubular jacket which surrounds a plurality of protection tubes in which optical fibers are accommodated in groups and have a relative freedom of movement. These tubes are...
6778744 Dielectric optical fiber cable having reduced preferential bending  
An optical cable ( 10 ) includes one or more tubes ( 120 ), each containing a number of optical fibers ( 101 ), and a plastic jacket ( 160 ) that encloses the tube(s). A pair of diametrically...
6728453 Method of determining lay length of S-Z stranded buffer tubes in optical fiber cable during manufacturing  
A system and method for determining the lay length of S-Z stranded buffer tubes during the manufacturing process of a fiber optic cable without slowing down the manufacturing process. Images of an...
6718101 Continuously accessible optical cable  
The invention concerns an optical cable with continuous accessibility, comprising a closed protective sheath surrounding a cavity having in cross section two substantially perpendicular axes...
6714709 Optical submarine cable  
An optical submarine cable with a sheath 8 and a core is proposed. It comprises optical fibers 1 which are enclosed in a metal tube 3 . The tube is disposed near the axis of the cable. The...
6704482 Optical cable  
An optical cable formed by optical fibers, a forming pipe, a sheath, a pair of tension members, and a pair of rip cords. The forming pipe includes a plurality of tapes arranged to permit the...
6621966 Fiber optic cable with profiled group of optical fibers  
A fiber optic cable ( 10 ) having a tube assembly ( 20 ) therein. Tube assembly ( 20 ) includes an optical fiber group ( 22 ) in a tube ( 21 ). Optical fiber group ( 22 ) comprises a medial optical...
6611646 Hybrid strength member for an optical cable  
A hybrid strength member ( 300 ) for an optical cable ( 10 ) is made from dielectric materials, and provides excellent compressive and tensile properties within a single structure. The strength...
6584251 Solid stranding flextube unit  
A solid-stranding method and apparatus for forming optical cables. Solid-stranding combines buffering and stranding operations, as well as performs the stranding operation while the flextubes are...
6529669 Cable junction box, particularly for optical fibers  
A junction box for a single-tube cable, and particularly an optical fiber cable for the connection of one or several wires or fibers of the cable to one or several wires or fibers of another cable....
6519399 Fiber optic cable with profiled group of optical fibers  
A fiber optic cable including at least one tube assembly therein. The tube assembly includes an optical fiber ribbon stack in a tube. The optical fiber ribbon stack comprises optical fiber ribbons...
6487348 Variable fiber count optical fiber cable core  
A variable fiber count optical fiber cable core is disclosed. The cable core is intended for use as a part of an optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable having an elongate cylindrical core...
6445866 Optical interconnection apparatus and method of fabricating same  
An optical fiber interconnection apparatus includes a flat flexible body member defined by a peripheral edge void of any projections. A plurality of optical fibers are mounted to the body member so...
6356690 Self-supporting fiber optic cable  
A self-supporting fiber optic cable includes messenger and carrier sections and at least one interconnecting web. The messenger section includes at least one support member and a protective jacket....
6330385 Cables with water-blocking and flame-retarding fibers  
A preferred embodiment of the cable of the present invention incorporates a core, an outer jacket surrounding the core, and a commercially available super-absorbent fibers disposed between the core...
6292611 High fiber count, compact, loose tube optical fiber cable employing ribbon units and flexible buffer tubes  
An optical fiber cable includes a central strength or structural member, buffer tubes of the desired flexibility are S-Z wound around the central member with a predetermined lay, preferably with...
6284082 Method of producing a wound insulating pipe  
A method of manufacturing a wound insulator pipe, in particular for a high voltage insulator, having one or more ducts for conductors of any kind is provided. A laminate structure is achieved by...
6249629 Robust fiber optic cables  
A fiber optic cable comprising a plurality of tubes each having at least one optical fiber therein and at least one strength component. A center of the strength component being generally offset...
6243519 Optical fiber cable and method of making the same  
In an optical fiber cable with a jacket in which a plurality of optical fibers are assembled as being S-Z stranded about a central member, a ferromagnetic member is disposed near an inner...
6236789 Composite cable for access networks  
A composite cable for conveying electrical energy and optical signals from a source or sources thereof to electrically energized units which process the optical signals. The cable has one or more...
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