Rollable optical fiber ribbon
AssigneeCorning Optical Communications LLC
InventorsBradley Jerome Blazer, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li, Alan Todd Parsons, Pushkar Tandon
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Abstract
An optical ribbon is provided. The optical ribbon includes a plurality of optical transmission elements. The ribbon includes a ribbon body coupled to and supporting the plurality of optical transmission elements. The ribbon body is formed from a flexible polymeric material such that the plurality of optical transmission elements are reversibly movable between an aligned position in which the plurality of optical transmission elements are substantially parallel with each other and a curved position.
Claims13
A fiber optic cable comprising:
- a jacket;
- and
- an optical ribbon surrounded by the jacket, the optical ribbon comprising a plurality of optical fibers and a ribbon body coupled to and supporting the plurality of optical fibers in an array,
- wherein the ribbon body is contiguous lengthwise for at least 10 cm along a length of the plurality of optical fibers, is contiguous widthwise over all of the plurality of optical fibers, and is formed from a flexible polymeric material that partially surrounds the plurality of optical fibers such that an outer surface of the ribbon body defines an outermost surface on an entire first side of the optical ribbon and the plurality of optical fibers define an outermost surface on a second side of the ribbon opposite the first side of the ribbon, and
- wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers includes a central axis extending through a center point of an optical core, wherein, when the optical ribbon is in an unrolled position, at least 90% of the polymeric material of the ribbon body is located on one side of central axes of the plurality of optical fibers, and wherein, when the optical ribbon is in a rolled position, the central axes of the optical fibers surround a central axis of the optical ribbon when viewed in cross-section perpendicular to the central axis of the ribbon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.