Ribbed and grooved sheath for optical fiber cable
AssigneeSterlite Technologies Limited
InventorsSourabh Singh, Kawarpreet Singh
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides ribbed and grooved sheath for optical fiber cables. An optical fiber cable (100) comprises one or more optical transmission elements (118) and a sheath (102) surrounding the one or more optical transmission elements (118). An outer surface of the sheath (102) has a plurality of ribs (104, 106, 108) and a plurality of grooves (110, 112) such that at least one groove has unequal groove width and/or at least one rib has unequal rib width. The plurality of ribs (104, 106, 108) is continuous and parallel on the outer surface. Alternatively, the plurality of ribs (104, 106, 108) is discontinuous.
Claims13
An optical fiber cable (100), comprising:
- one or more optical transmission elements (118);
- and
- a sheath (102) surrounding the one or more optical transmission elements (118), wherein an outer surface of the sheath (102) has a plurality of ribs (104, 106, 108) and a plurality of grooves (110, 112) such that at least one rib has unequal rib width or at least one groove has unequal groove width.
An optical fiber cable (100), comprising:
- one or more optical transmission elements (118);
- and
- a sheath (102) surrounding the one or more optical transmission elements (118), wherein a rib width is greater than or equal to 0.15 mm, measured at bottom, wherein a groove width is greater than or equal to 0.15 mm, measured at top, wherein a rib height is greater than or equal to 0.15 mm, measured radially.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.