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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:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Carratt, Houilles, FR;
Michel de Vecchis, Vaureal, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Cable, Clichy Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385100 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical fiber cable, in particular for a distribution network, and comprising an assembly of optical fibers, wherein each of the optical fibers has a mode field diameter lying in the range 7 .mu.m to 9 .mu.m at around 1550 nm, and a cutoff wavelength less than or equal to 1.35 .mu.m, and wherein the optical fibers are assembled together in the cable by being twisted around one another or around a reinforcing element, or by being disposed lengthwise.