Optical fiber cable with stacks of optical fiber ribbons

US5878180A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ALCATEL · FR

Inventors

• Klaus Nothofer · Erkrath, DE
• Helmut Haag · Waldniel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 1997
• Grant date: Mar 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4403
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical fiber cable (1) or an optical fiber element has a number of superimposed and adjacent stacks of optical fiber ribbons (3) containing optical fiber ribbons (11), as well as an outer jacket (7). The stacks of optical fiber ribbons (3) are arranged over and/or adjacent to each other and in parallel. Such a construction of an optical fiber cable or an optical fiber element makes a particularly high packing density of the optical fibers possible, so that the optical fiber cable or the optical fiber element can have small outside dimensions even when it contains a large number of optical fibers.