OPTICAL CABLE WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO STRENGTH RODS

OPTICAL CABLE WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO STRENGTH RODS

An optical fiber cable may include a cable jacket, a central tube within the cable jacket, optical fibers within the central tube, and a number of semi-rigid rods around the central tube. Each rod may have a cross-sectional shape with an aspect ratio of at least 2:1. The rods may be helically applie...

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Hauptverfasser: Toland, Henson P, Weimann, Peter A
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:An optical fiber cable may include a cable jacket, a central tube within the cable jacket, optical fibers within the central tube, and a number of semi-rigid rods around the central tube. Each rod may have a cross-sectional shape with an aspect ratio of at least 2:1. The rods may be helically applied around the central tube.