Patent ID: 8184935

Claim:
A fiber optic cable comprising: an outer jacket having an elongated transverse cross-sectional profile defining a major axis and a minor axis, the transverse cross-sectional profile having a maximum width that extends along the major axis and a maximum thickness that extends along the minor axis, the maximum width of the transverse cross-sectional profile being longer than the maximum thickness of the transverse cross-sectional profile, the outer jacket also defining first, second and third separate passages that extend through the outer jacket along a lengthwise axis of the outer jacket, the third passage having a transverse cross-sectional profile that is elongated in an orientation extending along the major axis of the outer jacket and a cross-sectional thickness along the minor axis of the outer jacket that is less than a maximum width of each of the first and second passages, the first, second and third passages being generally aligned along the major axis with the third passage being positioned between the first and second passages; a plurality of optical fibers positioned within each of the first and second passages; and a tensile strength member positioned within the third passage, the tensile strength member having a transverse cross-sectional profile that is elongated in the orientation extending along the major axis.