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Fiber optic cables having a toning lobe

  • US 7,627,217 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2006
  • Issued: 12/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fiber optic cable comprising:

  • a main cable body, the main cable body having at least one optical waveguide; and

    a toning lobe, the toning lobe being connected to the main cable body by a web that is frangible, wherein the toning lobe and the web have a generally tear drop shape and the web includes a neck portion adjacent to the main cable body and a web body, wherein the web body generally increases in thickness from the main cable body towards the toning lobe, thereby allowing a conductive wire of the toning lobe to migrate from a center area of the toning lobe toward the main cable body while still providing adequate separation performance of the toning lobe, the toning lobe having a separation force from the main cable body of less than 30 Newtons along an X-X axis.

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