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Optical fiber telecommunications cable

US5982965A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/441
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The telecommunications cable of the invention comprises optical fibers and stabilization fibers disposed in an envelope in such a manner as to ensure longitudinal coupling therewith, such that part of the force to which the cable is subjected is shared uniformly over the fibers.

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