Optical fiber cable
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorDavid Quiroz
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Abstract
An optical fiber ribbon assembly (2, 3) of the present invention includes a plurality of aligned optical fibers (27) and a laminated structure surrounding the optical fibers. The laminated structure includes a clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) extrusion layer (22) bonding the fibers together and a pair of Kapton layers (21) laminated over the PVC extrusion layer. Additional KEVLAR members (34) may be aligned with the fibers and embedded in the PVC extrusion layer and the Kapton layers, thereby providing the fibers with additional protection from tensile loads.
Claims14
An optical fiber ribbon assembly comprising:
- a plurality of parallel optical fibers;
- an inner protection layer extruded to bond the fibers together thereby forming a subassembly;
- and
- a pair of outer protection layers laminated over and enclosing the subassembly;
- wherein
- at least a KEVLAR member is positioned on each of two opposite sides of the optical fibers, the KEVLAR members being parallel with and coplanar with the optical fibers;
- wherein
- the KEVLAR members are embedded in the inner protection layer together with the fibers.
An optical fiber ribbon assembly comprising:
- a plurality of aligned optical fibers;
- an inner protection layer extruded to bond the fibers together thereby forming a subassembly;
- and
- a pair of outer protection layers laminated over and enclosing the subassembly;
- wherein
- at least a KEVLAR member is positioned on each of two opposite sides of the optical fibers, the KEVLAR members being parallel with and coplanar with the optical fibers;
- wherein
- the KEVLAR members are embedded in the inner protection layer together with the fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.