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US 2017/0285285 A1Published application
Optical fiber cable
AssigneeFurukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Hoshino, Noboru Okada
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Abstract
Optical fiber ribbons each comprise a plurality of optical fiber strands bonded in parallel. In the optical fiber ribbons, adjacent optical fiber strands are bonded by bonding sections that are intermittently bonded at prescribed intervals. The positions of the bonding section for all optical fiber ribbons are mutually offset in the longitudinal direction. In other words, the longitudinal-direction positions of the bonding section for the optical fiber ribbons never exactly match.
Claims3
An optical fiber cable comprising:
- a plurality of optical fiber ribbons;
- and
- a coat layer that protects a plurality of the optical fiber ribbons, wherein:
- the optical fiber ribbon is formed of a plurality of aligned optical fiber strands;
- the adjacent optical fiber strands are bonded intermittently with each other along the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber strands;
- and
- positions of bonding sections of each of a plurality of the optical fiber ribbons, which are to be accommodated in the optical fiber cable, in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber cable are shifted from each other.
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