Patent · US Expired

Optical fiber communication cable having a high strength, drawn copper alloy tube

US4878733A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 1983
Grant dateNov 7, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2003

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4488
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber communication cable comprises providing at least one optical fiber and surrounding the optical fiber with a high strength drawn copper alloy tube having a generally longitudinally extending seam. The edges of the tube which define the seam are substantially nonlinear deformed edges whose length from the outside of the tube to the inside thereof exceeds the thickness of the tube wall.

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