Liquid and gaseous resistance compact fiber unit and method of making the same
US9031369B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4429
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The embodiments disclosed herein seek to eliminate substantially all of the voids or air gaps among neighboring fibers within a CFU by wetting a plurality of optical fibers that comprises the CFU with an acrylate prepolymer resin before the plurality of the optical fibers are grouped together tightly. In one embodiment, instead of extruding a first acrylate prepolymer resin to the optical fibers immediately after a first die, the disclosed process wets the optical fibers with a first acrylate prepolymer resin prior to the first die.
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