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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomoyuki Yokokawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Suetsugu, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Hogari, Tokyo, JP;
Shin-ichi Furukawa, Mito, JP;
Assignees:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385110 ; 385113 ; 385111 ;
Abstract
A spacer having a high-tensile member at the center thereof has grooves extending helically. Coated optical fibers have been disposed in each groove. This assembly is covered with a wound covering and further with a sheath. The proportion of the total sectional area of the coated optical fibers to the sectional area of each groove, i.e., the degree of packing, is regulated to 10 to 50%.