Protective skin for optical fibers
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsVincent Bourget, Nelly Drabczyk
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Abstract
The invention relates to a telecommunications cable module comprising at least one optical fiber surrounded by a protective skin of a thermoplastic elastomer having flexible diol segments, and in particular a polyester thermoplastic elastomer. In the invention, the thermoplastic elastomer having flexible diol segments presents a melting point greater than 130° C. and an initial resistance to tearing less than 60 kN/m. The material proposed by the invention is easily applied to fibers, in particular by extrusion.
Claims15
A telecommunications cable module comprising at least one optical fiber surrounded by a protective skin of thermoplastic elastomer having flexible diol segments, with a melting point greater than 130° C. and initial resistance to tearing of less than 120 kN.m.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.