Optical cable with stranded micromodules

US8265438B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CCS Technology Corporation · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2009
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/44384
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical cable comprises a plurality of elongate members wherein at least one of the elongate members include at least one optical fiber surrounded by buffer tube. The buffer tube is made of a soft material having a tension at break of less than 7.5 MPa. The elongate members are disposed around a central element. A binder is wrapped around the plurality of elongate members. An outer jacket surrounds the plurality of elongate members.