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Optical cable

US6424770B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 6, 2000
Grant dateJul 23, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

In an optical cable with a cable core composed of a multiplicity of strand elements and an outer sheath layer, the strand elements have a multiplicity of bundles arranged loosely in a first sheath. The bundles are composed of a multiplicity of unstranded optical waveguides running parallel to each other, which are tightly encircled by a second closely thin-walled sheath.

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