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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1984
Hirosuke Suzuki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Junkosha Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical transmission line is provided comprising an elongate light guide surrounded by a layer of a porous plastic, preferably expanded, porous polytetrafluoroethylene, and having at least one reinforcing strand, such as a wire, positioned outside of the porous plastic layer, this entire assembly encased in a resin sheath having a rectangular cross-section such that the light guide is positioned at the center of the cross-section of the resin sheath along the length of this transmission line. Multiconductor flat cable is provided by bonding a multiplicity of these optical transmission lines together. The transmission line is useful for transmitting optical energy signals.