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US 9,958,627 B2Granted
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.
Claims20
An optical ground wire cable;
- comprising:
- at least one pipe;
- at least one optical fiber ribbon, the optical fiber ribbon disposed within the pipe, the optical fiber ribbon comprising a plurality of optical fibers arranged side-by-side and bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers;
- and
- a plurality of aluminum alloy wires and aluminum, clad steel wires disposed in an annular array surrounding the at least one pipe.
2 more elements
An optical ground wire cable, comprising:
- at least one pipe;
- at least one optical fiber ribbon, the optical fiber ribbon disposed within the pipe, the optical fiber ribbon comprising a plurality of optical fibers arranged side-by-side and bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers;
- an aluminum pipe surrounding the at least one pipe;
- and
- a plurality of aluminum alloy wires and aluminum clad steel wires disposed in an annular array surrounding the aluminum pipe.
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An optical ground wire cable, comprising:
- a core, the core comprising:
- a plurality of stainless steel pipes;
- a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons disposed within one of the plurality of pipes, each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers arranged side-by-side and bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers;
- a plurality of aluminum clad steel wires;
- and
- a single aluminum clad steel wire, wherein the plurality of stainless steel pipes and the plurality of aluminum clad steel wires surround the single aluminum dad steel wire;
- and
- a plurality of aluminum alloy wires and aluminum clad steel wires disposed in an annular array surrounding the plurality of pipes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.