# US 12,601,884 B2 · Optical fiber cable with tensile material between the inner reinforcing projection

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- Number: US 12,601,884 B2
- Document ID: US12601884B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/508,639
- Filed: 2023-11-14
- Published: 2024-05-16
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2022-11-14
- Assignees: Hyesung Cable & Communication Inc.
- Applicants: HYESUNG Cable & Communication INC.
- Inventors: Young Bin Song; June Hyong Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601884B2

## CPC

- G02B 6/4432: {with fibre reinforcements}
- G02B 6/441: {built up from sub-bundles (G02B6/4429, G02B6/4439, G02B6/4479 take precedence)}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an optical fiber cable with tensile material between the inner reinforcing projection, and more specifically, to minimize the increase in diameter even when various interior materials for strength reinforcement are built in, thereby ensuring durability. This relates to an optical cable equipped with a tension member between reinforcing protrusions inside the covering, which can be expected to have advantage effects such as reduced manufacturing costs and improving installation workability with a miniaturized structure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An optical cable comprising:
a core portion including a plurality of optical fiber bundles;
a covering portion surrounding the core portion, the covering portion having
(i) a plurality of reinforcing protrusions protruding from an inner surface of the covering portion toward the core portion, the reinforcing protrusions extending along a longitudinal direction of the optical cable, and
(ii) a plurality of reinforcing grooves each disposed between adjacent reinforcing protrusions;
a plurality of first tension members, each of the first tension members built into a corresponding one of the reinforcing grooves and extending along the longitudinal direction to correspond to a length of the reinforcing protrusions;
a second tension member disposed in the covering portion at a position eccentric from the first tension members, the second tension member extending along the longitudinal direction; and
an index protruding from an outer surface of the covering portion and extending along the longitudinal direction, the index being located at a circumferential position corresponding to the second tension member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The optical cable of claim 1,
wherein an end of the second tension member facing the index is located at a boundary between the outer surface of the covering portion and the index.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The optical cable of claim 2,
wherein gripping pins protrude from opposite sides of the end of the second tension member facing the index.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The optical cable of claim 2,
wherein the second tension member includes a plurality of pull-out pieces bent toward the outer surface of the covering portion at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The optical cable of claim 1,
wherein the plurality of reinforcing protrusions includes at least two reinforcing protrusions having different protrusion heights, and wherein the reinforcing protrusions define at least two spacings between adjacent reinforcing protrusions that are different from each other.