Optical fiber cable with partitioned case for optical fiber cable
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Yokochi, Kenichiro Otsuka, Takayuki Shimazu
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Abstract
An optical fiber cable includes a plurality of first optical fiber cords including a trunk optical fiber cord and a branch optical fiber cord, a second optical fiber cord connected to the branch optical fiber cord, and a case covering a part of the plurality of first optical fiber cords and a part of the second optical fiber cord, where the case includes a first tube portion through which a trunk optical fiber cord is passed, a second tube portion adjacent to the first tube portion and through which a branch optical fiber cord is passed, and a partition wall partitioning the first tube portion and the second tube portion.
Claims8
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a plurality of first optical fiber cords including a trunk optical fiber cord and a branch optical fiber cord;
- a second optical fiber cord connected to the branch optical fiber cord;
- and
- a case covering a part of the plurality of first optical fiber cords and a part of the second optical fiber cord,
- wherein the case includes:
- a first tube portion through which the trunk optical fiber cord is passed;
- a second tube portion adjacent to the first tube portion and through which the branch optical fiber cord is passed;
- and
- a partition wall partitioning the first tube portion and the second tube portion,
- wherein an optical connecting portion of the branch optical fiber cord and the second optical fiber cord is accommodated in the second tube portion,
- wherein a first end of the second tube portion is located between a first end of the first tube portion and a second end of the first tube portion, the first end of the second tube portion communicating with an interior space of the first tube portion, and
- wherein the partition wall extends from the first end of the second tube portion to a second end of the second tube portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.