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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomiya Abe, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Masanori Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Kouki Hirano, Ibaraki, JP;
Fumitaka Nakahigashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385145 ; 385141 ;
Abstract
An optical transmission member comprising a core and a clad provided on the core is provided, wherein the core consists of silicon rubber and the clad consists of tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene/fluorovinylidene copolymer cross-linked by electron-beam, whereby an optical transmission member having improved transmission characteristics, heat resistance, flexibility and strength against buckling is provided.