Kevin N Ball

US Patent:

20210247579, Aug 12, 2021

Filed:

Apr 29, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/243941

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
Kevin Nicholas Ball - Hickory NC, US
Xiaole Cheng - Painted Post NY, US
Jason Clay Lail - Conover NC, US
Rebecca Elizabeth Sistare - Hickory NC, US
Ellen Anderson Stupka - Statesville NC, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/44

Abstract:

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable includes a cable jacket having an inner surface and an outer surface in which the inner surface defines a central bore along a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable and the outer surface defines the outermost extent of the cable. The optical fiber cable also includes at least one access feature disposed in the cable jacket between the inner surface and the outer surface. Further included are a first plurality of optical fiber bundles. Each optical fiber bundle includes a second plurality of optical fiber ribbons that has a third plurality of optical fibers arranged in a planar configuration. The optical fiber cable bends uniformly in all directions transverse to the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber cable.