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US 2025/0052967 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 of the optical fibers are bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers.
Claims17
1-35. (canceled)
A cable, comprising:
- a jacket;
- an optical fiber ribbon disposed within the jacket, the optical fiber ribbon comprising a plurality of optical fibers and a plurality of bonding elements, each of the plurality of bonding elements bonding neighboring optical fibers together such that the optical fibers are bonded intermittently along a length of the optical fibers, wherein at least a portion of the optical fibers in the optical fiber ribbon are MPO connectorized;
- and
- a plurality of strength members disposed within or surrounding the jacket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.