USRE34516E - Optical fibre cable - Google Patents
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
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- G02B6/4407—Optical cables with internal fluted support member
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% Excess=(x+h+0.175)-(100/500)
______________________________________ Min GRP Space Space Tol- Diam Loss Min Need- Max Mean erence Com- (mm) (mm) h ed h h h ment. ______________________________________ 9.0 1.13 9.1 1.12 9.2 1.11 9.3 1.10 9.4 1.09 1.7 2.1 1.51 -- -- Out of Space 9.5 1.08 1.65 2.05 1.62 -- -- Out of Space 9.6 1.07 1.6 2.0 1.73 1.67 ±0.07 OK, tolerance too fine 9.7 1.06 1.55 1.95 1.84 1.7 ±0.15 OK 9.8 1.045 1.5 1.9 1.95 1.73 ±0.23 OK 9.9 1.04 1.45 1.85 2.06 1.76 ±0.31 OK 10.0 1.03 1.4 1.8 2.17 1.79 ±0.39 OK 10.1 1.02 1.35 1.75 2.28 1.82 ±0.47 OK 10.2 1.09 1.3 1.7 2.39 1.85 ±0.55 OK 10.3 1.00 1.25 1.65 2.50 1.88 ±0.63 OK 10.4 0.99 1.2 1.6 2.61 1.91 ±0.71 OK ______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ Eff. XS XS Max Max Max h slot gener'd all'd Diff. strain ten. rated ten. Marg. __________________________________________________________________________ 1.4 2.6 0.405 0.58 1.5 2.5 0.425 0.56 1.6 2.4 0.445 0.54 1.7 2.3 0.465 0.515 1.8 2.2 0.485 0.49 Best Match 0.735 23772 21096 2676 1.9 2.1 0.505 0.47 2.0 2.0 0.525 0.45 2.1 1.9 0.545 0.43 2.2 1.8 0.565 0.404 __________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________ Diameter (2d) 10.0 mm + or - 0.15 Slot Width (2F) 3.8 mm + or - 0.1 mm Tip Radius (E) 0.5 mm + or - 0.1 Slot Corner Radius 0.5 mm + or - 0.1 h = 1.8 mm h + d = 6.8 mm + or - 0.1 mm Optical Fibre Ribbon 0.175 mm thickness ______________________________________
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US07/636,902 USRE34516E (en) | 1985-09-14 | 1990-12-31 | Optical fibre cable |
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GB08522796A GB2180662A (en) | 1985-09-14 | 1985-09-14 | Optical fibre cable having slotted core |
GB868611177A GB8611177D0 (en) | 1986-05-08 | 1986-05-08 | Optical fibre cables |
US90630186A | 1986-09-11 | 1986-09-11 | |
US07/267,643 US4859025A (en) | 1985-09-14 | 1988-11-03 | Optical fibre cable |
US07/636,902 USRE34516E (en) | 1985-09-14 | 1990-12-31 | Optical fibre cable |
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US90630186A Continuation | 1985-09-14 | 1986-09-11 | |
US07/267,643 Reissue US4859025A (en) | 1985-09-14 | 1988-11-03 | Optical fibre cable |
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USRE34516E true USRE34516E (en) | 1994-01-18 |
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US07/636,902 Expired - Lifetime USRE34516E (en) | 1985-09-14 | 1990-12-31 | Optical fibre cable |
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US6496629B2 (en) | 1999-05-28 | 2002-12-17 | Tycom (Us) Inc. | Undersea telecommunications cable |
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US6718101B2 (en) * | 2000-06-23 | 2004-04-06 | Acome (Societe Cooperative De Travailleurs) | Continuously accessible optical cable |
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US4110001A (en) * | 1977-01-05 | 1978-08-29 | General Cable Corporation | Optical fiber cable construction |
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GB2082790A (en) * | 1980-08-29 | 1982-03-10 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Optical fibre in grooved central member type cable and manufacture |
US4354732A (en) * | 1978-03-08 | 1982-10-19 | Societe Lignes Telegraphiques Et Telephoniques | Cable elements comprising optical fibres and cables incorporating them |
US4416508A (en) * | 1977-05-13 | 1983-11-22 | Bicc Public Limited Company | Overhead electric and optical transmission cables |
GB2123164A (en) * | 1982-06-11 | 1984-01-25 | Standard Telephones Cables Ltd | Optical fibre cables |
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GB2156095A (en) * | 1984-03-14 | 1985-10-02 | Bicc Plc | An improved flexible elongate optical fibre cable |
GB2164471A (en) * | 1984-09-14 | 1986-03-19 | Telephone Cables Ltd | Optical fibre cables |
US4647151A (en) * | 1983-10-29 | 1987-03-03 | International Standard Electric Corporation | Optical communication cable |
US4687294A (en) * | 1984-05-25 | 1987-08-18 | Cooper Industries, Inc. | Fiber optic plenum cable |
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GB136887A (en) * | 1918-12-20 | 1919-12-22 | Frederick Dredge | Improvements in Devices for Cleaning and Polishing Objects such as Window Glass, Mirrors and the like. |
US4110001A (en) * | 1977-01-05 | 1978-08-29 | General Cable Corporation | Optical fiber cable construction |
US4491387A (en) * | 1977-05-13 | 1985-01-01 | Bicc Public Limited Company | Overhead electric and optical transmission systems |
US4416508A (en) * | 1977-05-13 | 1983-11-22 | Bicc Public Limited Company | Overhead electric and optical transmission cables |
US4354732A (en) * | 1978-03-08 | 1982-10-19 | Societe Lignes Telegraphiques Et Telephoniques | Cable elements comprising optical fibres and cables incorporating them |
EP0020036A1 (en) * | 1979-05-22 | 1980-12-10 | The Post Office | Improved communications cable |
GB2082790A (en) * | 1980-08-29 | 1982-03-10 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | Optical fibre in grooved central member type cable and manufacture |
GB2123164A (en) * | 1982-06-11 | 1984-01-25 | Standard Telephones Cables Ltd | Optical fibre cables |
GB2141559A (en) * | 1983-06-17 | 1984-12-19 | Bicc Plc | An improved overhead flexible conductor |
US4647151A (en) * | 1983-10-29 | 1987-03-03 | International Standard Electric Corporation | Optical communication cable |
GB2156095A (en) * | 1984-03-14 | 1985-10-02 | Bicc Plc | An improved flexible elongate optical fibre cable |
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AEG KABEL Technical Review Issue Jan. 1984 E. Non Metallic Long Span Aerial Cable with Optical Fibres . * |
AEG-KABEL Technical Review Issue Jan. 1984 E. "Non-Metallic Long Span Aerial Cable with Optical Fibres". |
International Wire and Cable Symposium Proceedings 1982, pp. 390 to 395. * |
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US5371825A (en) * | 1993-08-10 | 1994-12-06 | Simplex Wire And Cable Company | Fiber optic cable with surround kingwire and method of making same |
US5825957A (en) * | 1995-11-27 | 1998-10-20 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Structure of optical fiber composite overhead ground wire applying loose tube and its fabricating method |
US6178278B1 (en) | 1997-11-13 | 2001-01-23 | Alcatel | Indoor/outdoor dry optical fiber cable |
US6169834B1 (en) | 1998-05-13 | 2001-01-02 | Alcatel | Slotted composite cable having a cable housing with a tubular opening for copper pairs and a slot for an optical fiber |
US6301414B1 (en) * | 1998-10-01 | 2001-10-09 | Alcatel | Communication cable network in a duct or tube system used primarily for other purposes |
US6253012B1 (en) | 1998-11-12 | 2001-06-26 | Alcatel | Cycled fiber lock for cross-functional totally dry optical fiber loose tube cable |
US6496629B2 (en) | 1999-05-28 | 2002-12-17 | Tycom (Us) Inc. | Undersea telecommunications cable |
US6349161B1 (en) | 1999-05-28 | 2002-02-19 | Tycom (Us) Inc. | Undersea communications cable having centrally located, plastic buffer tube |
US6493491B1 (en) | 1999-09-28 | 2002-12-10 | Alcatel | Optical drop cable for aerial installation |
US6718101B2 (en) * | 2000-06-23 | 2004-04-06 | Acome (Societe Cooperative De Travailleurs) | Continuously accessible optical cable |
US20060140557A1 (en) * | 2001-03-30 | 2006-06-29 | Parris Donald R | Fiber optic cable with strength member formed from a sheet |
US20030082380A1 (en) * | 2001-10-31 | 2003-05-01 | Hager Thomas P. | Compact, hybrid fiber reinforced rods for optical cable reinforcements and method for making same |
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US7179522B2 (en) | 2002-04-23 | 2007-02-20 | Ctc Cable Corporation | Aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable and method of manufacture |
US20070128435A1 (en) * | 2002-04-23 | 2007-06-07 | Clement Hiel | Aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable and method of manufacture |
US20080233380A1 (en) * | 2002-04-23 | 2008-09-25 | Clement Hiel | Off-axis fiber reinforced composite core for an aluminum conductor |
US9093191B2 (en) | 2002-04-23 | 2015-07-28 | CTC Global Corp. | Fiber reinforced composite core for an aluminum conductor cable |
US20060051580A1 (en) * | 2003-10-22 | 2006-03-09 | David Bryant | Aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable and method of manufacture |
US7438971B2 (en) | 2003-10-22 | 2008-10-21 | Ctc Cable Corporation | Aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable and method of manufacture |
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