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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:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A fixing sleeve for optical cables comprises along a common axis (A), both a first portion ( ) that is substantially cylindrical and a second portion ( ) that is substantially conical, said first and second portions being pierced by an axial bore ( ). The sleeve ( ) carries along its entire length a continuous slot communicating with said axial bore ( ), the slot comprising a longitudinal first slot ( ) in the first portion ( ) of the sleeve, and a spiral second slot ( ) in the second portion ( ) of the sleeve. The sleeve is applicable to laying optical cables inside buildings.