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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2017
Prysmian S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Columbia, SC (US);
John R. Sach, Chapin, SC (US);
Ben H. Wells, Columbia, SC (US);
Prysmian S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical fiber ribbon assembly comprising* a plurality of adjacent optical fiber ribbons extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in a plane, each of the optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers mutually bonded by a matrix material, the fibers extending in the longitudinal direction and arranged in the plane; said plurality of adjacent ribbons forming at least one set of two adjacent ribbons having an interstice between said two adjacent ribbons and * a bonding material, forming intermittent bonds at the interstice between the two adjacent ribbons of a set, thereby bonding the two adjacent ribbons of the set. The invention also relates to a method of producing such an optical fiber ribbon assembly.