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Optical unit for an optical fiber telecommunications cable, and an optical fiber cable including such a unit

US5751880A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1996
Grant dateMay 12, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4413
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an optical unit for an optical fiber telecommunications cable, the unit comprising a tube of a plastics material in which at least one optical fiber is loosely received, wherein the thickness of said tube is less than or equal to 0.5 mm, and wherein said material has a modulus of elasticity less than 1500 MPa at 20.degree. C. and a stress/elongation curve without a yield point.

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