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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385125 ; 385141 ; 385123 ; 427454 ;
Abstract
An optical waveguide tube has a transparent core received in a cladding having a lower refractive index than the core. The entire cladding or an inner layer of the cladding fitting on the core is formed of a fluororubber which has been vulcanized by radical crosslinking. The vulcanized fluororubber has a residual halogen atom content of up to 80 ppm. A trapping agent surrounds the cladding for trapping coloring substances. The optical tube maintains satisfactory optical transmission capability over a long time while the core is not colored.