A fiber optic assembly includes a buffer tube forming an elongate passage and a plurality of optical fibers positioned therein. The buffer tube includes at least one layer of a composite material that includes a base material and a filler material blended therein. Particles of the filler material have an acicular structure, having a longest dimension that is on average at least ten times a narrowest dimension of the particles. Further the buffer tube has kink resistance.
申请公布号
EP3014324(A1)
申请公布日期
2016.05.04
申请号
EP20140738711
申请日期
2014.06.24
申请人
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
发明人
BACA, ADRA SMITH;BRINGUIER, ANNE GERMAINE;QUINN, CHRISTOPHER MARK;SEELEY, LORI ANN;WILLIAMSON, BRANDON ROBERT