Patent ID: 7180000
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G02B,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flexible reinforcement member for a communications cable comprising: a plurality of high modulus fibers; a primary saturant coupled to said plurality of high modulus fibers such that said primary saturant fills interstices between said high modulus fibers, serves as a matrix in which said plurality of high modulus fibers is dispersed and encased, and forms a strand of said primary saturant and said plurality of high modulus fibers, said primary saturant having a melting point below approximately 300 degrees Celsius and a melt viscosity of less than approximately 1000 centipoise; and an outer layer of a high molecular weight, nonwater-based water-swellable polymer coupled to said primary saturant such that said outer layer surrounds said strand.