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US 5,347,607 AGranted
Optical cable having prestripped terminal elements
AssigneeSiecor Corporation
InventorJ. David Abernethy
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Abstract
Disclosed is a light waveguide having one end over which the fiber coating is removed, the prestripped light waveguide contained in an optical transmission cable.
Claims3
An optical transmission cable having at least one light waveguide with a prestripped coating, comprising:
- (a) a light waveguide which has a coating thereon throughout its length except for an uncoated terminal free end having no attachments thereto;
- (b) an outer jacket covering both the coated and uncoated portions of said light waveguide;
- and,
- (c) a cap covering the cable and at which the uncoated light waveguide is located.
1 more element
A method for making a prestripped optical cable, comprising stripping the coating from one end of a light waveguide, and thereafter extruding a plastic jacket over both the stripped and unstripped ends of the light waveguide.
An optical transmission cable having at least one light waveguide with a prestripped coating, comprising:
- (a) a light waveguide which as a coating thereon throughout its length except for an uncoated terminal free end having no attachments thereto;
- and
- (b) an outer jacket surrounding both the coated and uncoated portions of said light waveguide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.