Patent ID: 9529168
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A fiber optic ribbon, comprising: optical fibers, each optical fiber comprising a core surrounded by a cladding; edge bonding rigidly connecting the optical fibers to one another in a side-by-side arrangement; a stress-isolation layer surrounding the optical fibers and the edge bonding, wherein the edge bonding limits independent movement of the optical fibers relative to one another within the stress-isolation layer; and a hardened shell surrounding the optical fibers, the edge bonding, and the stress-isolation layer, the hardened shell defining an exterior of the fiber optic ribbon, wherein, at 25° Celsius and at sea level, the Young's modulus of elasticity of the hardened shell is, on average, at least twice that of the stress-isolation layer.