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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:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
John H Huber, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9623 ; 1741 / ;
Abstract
A ribbon cable 1 is disclosed in which optical fibers 2 and electrical conductors 3 are spaced side to side within a flexible jacket, 4, webs 5 of the jacket 4 extend laterally between corresponding optical fibers 2 and corresponding conductors 3, the cable 1 is formed into a roll 9, the cable 1 can be unrolled to position the optical fibers 2 and the conductors 3 laterally spaced apart from one another, and a removable sheath 10 surrounds the roll 9 and prevents the cable 1 from being unrolled.