Rectangular optical fiber cable
AssigneeAlcatel NA Cable Systems, Inc.
InventorDavid A. Keller
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a sand [sic; cable] containing one or more elongated elements (11,21,22) for the transport of signals and/or electrical power, comprising an essentially flat support (2) made of a plastic material, including means for housing the elongated elements, characterized in that the housing means are in the form of at least one groove (3) which extends longitudinally along the flat support (2), all the grooves (3) being located on the same side (4) of the support (2), this support (2) being surrounded by a sheath (9) made of a plastic material.
Claims36
A flat slotted core cable comprising:
- a cable jacket;
- a slotted frame arranged inside said cable jacket, having at least one slot and having at least one strength member embedded therein;
- at least one fiber arranged in said slot;
- and
- one or more rip cords being embedded either in the cable jacket, or under the cable jacket, to be located between V-shaped grooves to facilitate quick removal of the cable jacket.
A flat slotted core cable comprising:
- a cable jacket;
- a slotted frame arranged inside said cable jacket, having at least one slot and having at Least one strength member embedded therein:
- and
- at least one fiber arranged in said slot;
- wherein the cable jacket is weather resistant and contains two profile extruded V grooves to facilitate easy access to the optical fibers and to denote an access side to optical fibers.
A flat slotted core cable comprising:
- a cable jacket;
- a slotted frame arranged inside said cable jacket, having at least one slot and having at least one strength member embedded therein;
- and
- at least one fiber arranged in said slot;
- wherein the cable jacket has V grooves and profile lines that indicate to an installer an exact location of which side of the flat slotted core cable a particular fiber, fibers or ribbon is located for a particular product description.
A flat slotted core optical/electrical cable, comprising:
- a cable jacket;
- a slotted frame arranged inside the cable jacket, having a plurality of slots and having at least one strength member embedded therein;
- a fiber for transmission of an, optical signal being arranged in one of the plurality of slots;
- and
- a conductor for transmission of an electrical signal being arranged in a different one of the plurality of slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.