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US 12,717,104 B2Granted
Round and small diameter optical cables with a ribbon-like optical fiber structure
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorsJoseph Cignarale, Doug Baker, Yoshio Hashimoto, Ken Osato
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Abstract
An optical fiber cable including an optical fiber ribbon in a pipe, wherein the ribbon includes at least two optical fibers arranged side by side, and wherein at least two of the optical fibers are bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers.
Claims18
A center loose tube cable comprising:
- a plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbons, each of the plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers arranged side-by-side and bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers;
- a central buffer tube, the central buffer tube formed from a thermoplastic, wherein the central buffer tube surrounds the plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbons and is an air-filled buffer tube;
- a water blocking system;
- a plurality of strength members surrounding the central buffer tube;
- and
- a thermoplastic outer pipe, the outer pipe surrounding the central buffer tube and the plurality of strength members.
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A center loose tube cable comprising:
- a plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbons, each of the plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers arranged side-by-side and bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers;
- a central buffer tube, the central buffer tube formed from a thermoplastic, wherein the central buffer tube surrounds the plurality of intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbons and is an air-filled buffer tube;
- a plurality of strength members surrounding the central buffer tube;
- and
- a thermoplastic outer pipe, the outer pipe surrounding the central buffer tube and the plurality of strength members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.