Patent · US Expired

Cables

US4038489A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1975
Grant dateJul 26, 1977
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Expiry dateMay 29, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4416
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable for dielectric optical waveguides has the dielectric optical waveguides arranged in segmented compartments. Tensile members are provided in the core of the cable and/or externally of the segmented compartments. This particular cable construction prevents the dielectric optical waveguides being subjected to excessive tensile stress.

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