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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:
Jun. 27, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9623 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber cable of a structure comprising optical fibers, cushion layers supporting the fibers by way of low friction layers and a strengthening member provided lengthwise along the cable, wherein concentrated tension and compression applied to the optical fibers due to the external bending force can be dispersed through the cushion and low friction layers and the tension applied to the entire cable can be received by the strengthening member.