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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. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385110 ; 385106 ; 385112 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber complex overhead line including a spacer formed with a plurality of helical grooves in its outer periphery extending along the axial direction, each helical groove shaped to be able to accommodate at least two bundles of multi-core type optical fiber in the width direction of the groove, at least two bundles of multi-core type optical fiber accommodated in each of the helical grooves, a protective optical fiber covering accommodating the spacer, and a plurality of conductor strands arranged around the protective optical fiber covering.