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US 2021/0239928 A1Published application
Round and small diameter optical cables with a ribbon-like optical fiber structure
AssigneesAFL Telecommunications LLC, Fujikura Ltd.
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 or the optical fibers are bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers.
Claims12
1-35. (canceled)
A loose tube cable, comprising:
- a central strength member;
- a plurality of thermoplastic buffer pipes surrounding the central strength member;
- a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons disposed within one of the plurality of buffer pipes, each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of bonding elements, each of the plurality of bonding elements bonding neighboring optical fibers of one of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons together such that the optical fibers are bonded intermittently along a length of the optical fibers in each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein at least two of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons are disposed in at least one of the plurality of buffer pipes;
- a water blocking system surrounding the plurality of buffer pipes;
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- an outer thermoplastic pipe surrounding the water blocking system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.