| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7555181 |
Fiber optic cables having at least one tether optical fiber |
June 30, 2009 |
| A distribution fiber optic cable including a plurality of optical fibers, a main cable body with some of the plurality of optical fibers being disposed within the main cable body, at least one tether optical fiber, and a cable jacket. The at least one tether optical fiber is one of the |
| 7418180 |
Optical fiber ribbon splitting tool |
August 26, 2008 |
| An optical fiber ribbon splitting tool for selectively separating optical fibers of an optical fiber ribbon into one or more subsets of optical fibers. The ribbon splitting tool comprises a housing, a shearing device movably mounted within the housing, and an actuator for actuating the |
| 7206481 |
Fiber optic cables manufactured as an assembly and method for manufacturing the same |
April 17, 2007 |
| 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 components of the fiber |
| 7142752 |
Buffered optical waveguides |
November 28, 2006 |
| A buffered optical waveguide includes an optical waveguide having a core, a cladding, and at least one coating and a buffer layer. The buffer layer being disposed around the optical waveguide for protecting the same so that the coupling/adhesion of the buffer layer is reduced. In one |
| 7085459 |
Optical fiber ribbons with subunits having preferential tear portions |
August 1, 2006 |
| A fiber optic ribbon having a predetermined separation sequence including a first subunit having a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a generally planar configuration being connected by a first primary matrix. The first subunit being a portion of a first ribbon-unit. A second su |
| 6853783 |
Optical Fiber Ribbons Having Preferential Tear Portions |
February 8, 2005 |
| A fiber optic ribbon having a first subunit and a second subunit. The first and second subunits including a plurality of respective optical fibers being connected by respective primary matrices. The first and second subunits being generally aligned along a plane with a secondary matrix |
| 6792184 |
Optical fiber ribbons having a preferential separation sequence |
September 14, 2004 |
| A fiber optic ribbon having a predetermined separation sequence including a first subunit having a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a generally planar configuration being connected by a first primary matrix. The first subunit being a portion of a first ribbon-unit. A second subuni |
| 6731844 |
Identification of optical ribbons |
May 4, 2004 |
| In a fiber optic cable having a plurality of optical ribbons, identifying information about each optical ribbon is conveyed by a series of colored regions of different colors visible on an outer surface of the optical ribbon matrix covering. In preferred embodiments of the present invent |
