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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. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Quiroz, Covina, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Ind, Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber ribbon assembly ( ) of the present invention includes a plurality of aligned optical fibers ( ) and a laminated structure surrounding the optical fibers. The laminated structure includes a clear polyvinyl chloride (PVC) extrusion layer ( ) bonding the fibers together and a pair of Kapton layers ( ) laminated over the PVC extrusion layer. Additional KEVLAR members ( ) may be aligned with the fibers and embedded in the PVC extrusion layer and the Kapton layers, thereby providing the fibers with additional protection from tensile loads.