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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Akira Sendai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhisa Kashihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Gonohe, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Sendai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhisa Kashihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Gonohe, Tokyo, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A buffered optical fiber having an excellent pistoning characteristic compared with a conventional one and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The buffered optical fiber of the present invention is composed of an optical fiber with a primary coating layer and a secondary coating layer provided on a circumference of a glass optical fiber and a tertiary coating layer having thermoplastic polyester elastomer as the main ingredient provided on a circumference of the optical fiber and is characterized in that an outer diameter of the primary coating layer is 180 to 200 μm, an outer diameter of the secondary coating layer is 350 to 450 μm and the product of a thickness of the secondary coating layer of the optical fiber and a force of pulling out the glass optical fiber from the optical fiber is 720 N/mm·μm or more.