Optical-fiber ribbon with spaced optical-fiber units

    公开(公告)号:US11442238B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US17130568

    申请日:2020-12-22

    申请人: Prysmian S.p.A.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/44

    摘要: An optical-fiber ribbon includes optical fibers (e.g., reduced-diameter optical fibers) arranged in parallel within optical-fiber units, wherein at least one adjacent pair of optical-fiber units is separated by a longitudinal adhesive-free spacing for a portion of the optical-fiber ribbon's length. Typically, each adjacent pair of optical-fiber units is separated by an adhesive-free spacing for a respective portion of the optical-fiber assembly's longitudinal length. In an exemplary embodiment, longitudinal adhesive-free spacings effectively increase the width of an optical-fiber ribbon formed of reduced-diameter optical fibers so that the optical-fiber ribbon achieves a more conventional optical-fiber ribbon width, thereby facilitating mass-fusion splicing using standard splicing equipment.

    Optical-Fiber Ribbon with Adhesive-Free Gaps

    公开(公告)号:US20220196944A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17130589

    申请日:2020-12-22

    申请人: Prysmian S.p.A.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/44

    摘要: An optical-fiber ribbon includes intermittent gaps along its longitudinal length in which no bonding material is present across the width of the optical-fiber ribbon. These intermittent gaps without bonding material (e.g., adhesive beads) help to reduce or eliminate bonding-material interference as the optical-fiber ribbon is positioned within an alignment chuck during preparations for mass-fusion splicing.

    High density optical cables
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    公开(公告)号:US11796750B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17649518

    申请日:2022-01-31

    申请人: Prysmian S.p.A.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/44

    CPC分类号: G02B6/4434 G02B6/443

    摘要: An optical cable includes a plurality of buffer tubes and an outer jacket surrounding the plurality of buffer tubes. Each of the plurality of buffer tubes includes a buffer tube jacket surrounding a plurality of flexible ribbons. The buffer tube jacket includes a first deformable material that has undergone permanent plastic deformation during formation of the optical cable to conform to an irregular axial cross-sectional shape of each respective plurality of flexible ribbons. Each flexible ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers and a first longitudinal length. For each flexible ribbon, each optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers is attached to an adjacent optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers along a bond region comprising a second longitudinal length that is less than the first longitudinal length.