Optical cable containing fiber bundles and thread for tying the bundles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9971114
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14940449

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A thread for tying a group of fibers in a fiber optic cable having an outer jacket to one another to form a fiber bundle. The thread includes a length of a binder thread, and an adhesion material coated on the binder thread so that (a) the binder thread adheres to the group of optical fibers about which the thread is tied to form the fiber bundle, and the binder thread remains adhered to the bundled fibers to restrain movement of the fibers when the outer jacket and cable elements other than the bundled fibers are removed. After the binder thread is tied about a fiber bundle, exposed surfaces of the adhesion material coated on the binder thread are treated so that the thread does not adhere to any cable elements in proximity to the thread, other than the fibers of the bundle about which the thread is tied.

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  • OFS FITEL LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Blakley, Robert J Bristol, US 3 11
Hendrickson, Daniel Roswell, US 36 1093
Morra, Michael A Cumming, US 3 77
Weimann, Peter A Atlanta, US 76 1386

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