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US 2026/0276930 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 arc bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers.
Claims31
1-35. (canceled)
An optical fiber cable, comprising:
- a core defining a central axis;
- a tape surrounding the core;
- an outer jacket surrounding the tape;
- strength members embedded in the outer jacket;
- and
- wherein the core comprises a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprises a plurality of optical fibers, and wherein at least some of the plurality of optical fibers in each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons are bonded intermittently along a length of the optical fibers, wherein a length of each bonding element which intermittently bonds the optical fibers is less than a length of each non-bonded portion of the optical fibers.
3 more elements
An optical fiber cable, comprising:
- a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprises a plurality of optical fibers, and wherein at least some of the plurality of optical fibers in each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons are bonded intermittently along a length of the optical fibers, wherein a length of each bonding element which intermittently bonds the optical fibers is less than a length of each non-bonded portion of the optical fibers;
- a tape surrounding the plurality of optical fiber ribbons;
- an outer jacket surrounding the tape;
- and
- strength members embedded in the outer jacket.
2 more elements
An optical fiber cable, comprising:
- a core defining a central axis;
- a tape surrounding the core;
- an outer jacket surrounding the tape;
- strength members embedded in the outer jacket;
- and
- wherein the core comprises a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprises a plurality of optical fibers, and wherein at least some of the plurality of optical fibers in each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons are bonded intermittently along a length of the optical fibers, wherein bonding elements which intermittently bond the optical fibers are arranged in a diagonal pattern across each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.