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Bendable optical fiber ribbon

US11156791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sterlite Technologies Limited · IN

Inventors

Sravan Kumar · Deo, IN
Hemanth Kondapalli · Manesar, IN
Vikash Shukla · Gurugram, IN
Atulkumar Mishra · Manesar, IN
Kishore Sahoo · Gurugram, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2020
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 26, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4403
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a stacking arrangement of an optical fiber ribbon in a buffer tube of an optical fiber cable. The stacking arrangement includes optical fiber ribbon stack, first bendable optical fiber ribbon, second bendable optical fiber ribbon, third bendable optical fiber ribbon, fourth bendable optical fiber ribbon and optical fiber ribbons. The optical fiber ribbon stack includes at least four corners. Each optical fiber at the corresponding four corners of the optical fiber ribbon stack is a bend insensitive optical fiber. One or more optical fibers are placed adjacent to each other at the corresponding four corners of the optical fiber ribbon stack.

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