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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:
Jul. 12, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Central Glass Company, Limited, Ube, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9629 ; 428373 ; 428375 ; 428378 ; 428392 ; 428394 ; 428422 ; 428442 ; 525153 ; 525199 ; 525200 ; 528220 ; 350 9631 ; 350 9634 ;
Abstract
The invention is an optical fiber having a core formed of either an inorganic glass or an organic polymer such as polymethyl methacrylate and a cladding layer formed of a ternary copolymer of vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoroacetone and either trifluoroethylene or tetrafluoroethylene. This cladding material is superior particularly in transparency and flexibility.