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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2022
Prysmian S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Columbia, SC (US);
Clint Nicholaus Anderson, West Columbia, SC (US);
Luca Giorgio De Rai, Milan, IT;
Prysmian S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
An optical-fiber ribbon includes optical fibers (e.g., reduced-diameter optical fibers) arranged in parallel within optical-fiber units, wherein at least one adjacent pair of optical-fiber units is separated by a longitudinal adhesive-free spacing for a portion of the optical-fiber ribbon's length. Typically, each adjacent pair of optical-fiber units is separated by an adhesive-free spacing for a respective portion of the optical-fiber assembly's longitudinal length. In an exemplary embodiment, longitudinal adhesive-free spacings effectively increase the width of an optical-fiber ribbon formed of reduced-diameter optical fibers so that the optical-fiber ribbon achieves a more conventional optical-fiber ribbon width, thereby facilitating mass-fusion splicing using standard splicing equipment.