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US 12,631,842 B2Granted
Optical fiber cable and method for manufacturing optical fiber cable
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsFumiaki Sato, Kenta Tsuchiya, Eimi Kasai
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Abstract
An optical fiber cable includes: a spacer including a plurality of ribs and a plurality of grooves defined by the plurality of ribs; a plurality of optical fiber units accommodated in each of the plurality of grooves; and a cable sheath configured to cover the spacer and the plurality of optical fiber units. The spacer and the cable sheath are integrally formed.
Claims6
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a spacer including a plurality of ribs and a plurality of grooves defined by the plurality of ribs;
- a plurality of optical fibers accommodated in each of the plurality of grooves;
- a cable sheath configured to cover the spacer and the plurality of optical fibers;
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- a water absorption tape that lines inner surfaces of the grooves and an inner surface of the cable sheath and thereby surrounds an interior space delimited by the inner surfaces of the grooves and the inner surface of the cable sheath,
- wherein the spacer and the cable sheath are integrally formed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.