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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Pierre Hulin, Pontoise, FR;
Jean-Pierre Bonicel, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Cable, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical fiber cable including an outer sheath containing a plurality of optical fibers separated into at least two optical fiber modules, each of said modules consisting of a module sheath surrounding a respective group of optical fibers. According to the invention, the module sheath is formed by a film of plastics material. The film is, for example, wrapped widthwise around the group of optical fibers, a first face of the film being superposed on and fixed to a second face of the film over a portion of given width of said film.