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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4434 (2013.01); G02B 6/02042 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/4403 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fiber cable includes a central tensile strength member, a plurality of optical fibers disposed around the central tensile strength member, a set of tensile strength members arranged outside the plurality of optical fibers, and a sheath disposed outside the plurality of optical fibers, in which at least four sets of the tensile strength member are spaced apart from one another and embedded in the sheath.