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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:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuya Yasutomi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber cable that has a cable core formed by covering an external circumference of a coated optical fiber or a collective coated optical fiber with a cushioning member, a tension member, and a thermoplastic resin sheath for collectively covering the cable core and the tension member, wherein the cushioning member contains a blended fiber composed of a non-water absorbent fiber and a water absorbent fiber.