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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Hironobu Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Keiichi Maeshima, Nagoya, JP;
Shinji Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kiriyama, Urayasu, JP;
Hidekazu Kunieda, Urayasu, JP;
Hironobu Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Keiichi Maeshima, Nagoya, JP;
Shinji Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kiriyama, Urayasu, JP;
Hidekazu Kunieda, Urayasu, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc., , JP;
Abstract
A plastic optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, wherein the cladding comprises at least one layer, and the cladding comprises a copolymer which comprises 10 to 35% by weight of ethylene, 45 to 69% by weight of tetrafluoroethylene, 20 to 45% by weight of hexafluoropropylene, and 0.01 to 10% by weight of a fluorovinyl compound represented by Formula (1): CH═CX(CF)X(wherein Xrepresents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom, Xrepresents a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 10) as a copolymer component.