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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1988
Shinichi Teshima, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeki Katsuta, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Maeda, Akishima, JP;
Taku Yamauchi, Kamifukuoka, JP;
Toshio Koishi, Sakado, JP;
Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Central Glass Company Limited, Yamaguchi, JP;
Abstract
A cladding material for plastic optical fiber comprising a vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-hexafluoroacetone copolymer which comprises 3.5 to 6.5% by mole of hexafluoroacetone units, a molar ratio of vinylidene fluoride unit to trifluoroethylene unit of 3 to 6:1, and a melt index of 10 to 60 g/10 min, and a plastic optical fiber comprising said cladding material and a methyl methacrylate homopolymer or copolymer which comprises over 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate units as the core material.