Patent ID: 11886009
Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC G  C | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A fiber optic cable assembly comprising:
first and second optical fibers each including a pre-coated section and a stripped section;
a fusion splice including a splice joint joining ends of the stripped sections of the first and second optical fibers; and
a polymeric overcoating extending over the stripped section of each of the first and the second optical fibers, the splice joint, and at least a portion of the pre-coated section of each of the first and the second optical fibers;
wherein the polymeric overcoating has an elongation at break of greater than 100% as measured by ASTM D638;
wherein the polymeric overcoating has a UV curing time of between 1 second and 1 minute at a temperature of about 25° C.; and
wherein the polymeric overcoating has a viscosity of between 10,000 centipoise (cP) and 50,000 cP as measured by DSTM502.