Patent · US Active

Optical cable and method for production of an optical cable

US7599590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

27Claims

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Assignee

CCS Technology Corporation · US

Inventors

Waldemar Stöcklein · Coburg, DE
Gerhard Merbach · Neustadt bei Coburg, DE
Horst Knoch · Coburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2008
Grant date	Oct 6, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

An optical cable comprises a swelling yarn, around which several optical transmission elements in the form of micromodules are arranged. A micromodule comprises a bundle of optic fibers, which are surrounded by a sleeve made from a material of plastic. Further swelling yarns are arranged around the optical transmission elements. The optical transmission elements and the swelling yarns are surrounded by a sleeve of paper. The paper sleeve is surrounded by a cable jacket made from a material of plastic. When an optic fiber is exposed, the cable jacket is pulled off, whereupon the paper sleeve tears off and can consequently be easily removed.

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