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Optical fiber cable

US5630002A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1996
Grant dateMay 13, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4408
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

One or a plurality of reverse-lay grooves the direction of which is inverted periodically are cut in the outer circumference of a spacer, and an optical fiber tape unit or a stack of optical fiber tape units is accommodated in this groove. The length of the diagonal lines of the optical fiber tape unit or a stack of optical fiber tape units is larger than the width and depth of a bottom portion of the groove. In the inverted portion of the groove, the normal vector of the optical fiber tape unit or the stack of optical fiber tape units points to a direction perpendicular to an opening direction of the groove in the inverted portions of the groove.

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