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US 2021/0263249 A1Published application
Optical-electric composite cable and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHiroki ISHIKAWA, Yasuhiro MAEDA, Taisuke NAGASAKI, Takeshi INOUE, Tatsuhiko NAITO
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Abstract
An optical-electric composite cable includes a cable unit, at least one metal wire, and a sheath. The cable unit includes at least one optical fiber and a twisted pair wire twisted with the at least one optical fiber. The at least one metal wire is disposed around the cable unit. The sheath surrounds the cable unit and the at least one metal wire.
Claims20
An optical-electric composite cable comprising:
- a cable unit including at least one optical fiber and a twisted pair wire twisted with the at least one optical fiber;
- at least one metal wire disposed around the cable unit;
- and
- a sheath surrounding the cable unit and the at least one metal wire.
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A method for manufacturing an optical-electric composite cable comprising:
- forming a cable unit by twisting at least one optical fiber and a twisted pair wire;
- disposing at least one metal wire around the cable unit;
- and
- forming a sheath to surround the cable unit and the at least one metal wire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.