US Patent Issued to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS on Feb. 17 for "Optical communication cable" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,086, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Optical communication cable" was invented by Michael Emmerich (Berlin), Warren Welborn McAlpine (Hickory, N.C.) and Guenter Wuensch (Neustadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical communication cable is provided having a cable body with an inner surface defining a passage within the cable body and a plurality of core elements within the passage. A film surrounds the plurality of core elements, wherein the film directs a radial force inward onto the plurality of core elements to restrain and hold the plurality of core elements i...