Optical fiber cable with cushion members protecting optical fiber ribbon stack
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G02B-006/44
G02B-006/00
출원번호
US-0972902
(2001-10-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Nechitailo, Nicholas
출원인 / 주소
Alcatel
대리인 / 주소
Sughrue Mion, PLLC
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
128인용 특허 :
19
초록▼
An optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber ribbon stack having a plurality of optical fibers, and at least one cushion member disposed on outer side surfaces of the optical fiber ribbon stack. The cushion member functions as a spacer and strain energy absorbing member for protecting corner fib
An optical fiber cable includes an optical fiber ribbon stack having a plurality of optical fibers, and at least one cushion member disposed on outer side surfaces of the optical fiber ribbon stack. The cushion member functions as a spacer and strain energy absorbing member for protecting corner fibers of the optical fiber ribbon stack from bending and contact stresses due to contact with a buffer tube or other surrounding elements. The cushion member may have material characteristics, such as contact hardness and Young's modulus, which are similar to those of the ribbon stack, or which gradually change from a soft inner layer at the side of the cushion member which contacts the ribbon stack to a stiff outer layer at the side of the cushion member which may contact a buffer tube or other surrounding elements. An elastic membrane surrounds the optical fiber ribbon stack and attached cushion member, and a filler material, such as bubbled foam or foamed gel, is disposed in the space between the ribbon stack and the elastic membrane and the space between the elastic membrane and the buffer tube.
대표청구항▼
1. An optical fiber cable, comprising: an optical fiber ribbon stack comprising a plurality of optical fibers held together in a planar array; a plurality of cushion members disposed on an outer side surface of the optical fiber ribbon stack; and a buffer tube surrounding the cushion members
1. An optical fiber cable, comprising: an optical fiber ribbon stack comprising a plurality of optical fibers held together in a planar array; a plurality of cushion members disposed on an outer side surface of the optical fiber ribbon stack; and a buffer tube surrounding the cushion members and the optical fiber ribbon stack, wherein the cushion members are disposed parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the optical fiber ribbon stack to prevent corner fibers of the optical fiber ribbon stack from contacting the buffer tube. 2. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion members are disposed over corner edges of the ribbon stack.3. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion members are centered on the outer side surfaces of the ribbon stack.4. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion members have an elasticity stiffness which varies across the thickness of the cushion members.5. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion members are disposed along edges of the optical fiber ribbon stack.6. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical fibers of the optical fiber ribbon stack are held together by a matrix material, and an outer surface of the cushion members have a contact hardness and a Young's modulus which are approximately the same as a contact hard hardness and a Young's modulus of the matrix material.7. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein each cushion member has a graded contact hardness or Young's modulus which changes from a side of the cushion member which contacts the optical fiber ribbon stack to a side of the cushion member which faces away from the optical fiber ribbon stack.8. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein each cushion member has a graded Young's modulus or contact hardness which changes from the Young's modulus or contact hardness of the optical fiber ribbon stack towards the Young's modulus and contact hardness of the buffer tube.9. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein a contact hardness of each cushion member on a side of the cushion member which contacts the optical fiber ribbon stack is a softer than a contact hardness of the cushion member on a side of the cushion member which faces the buffer tube.10. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion members are centered on the side surfaces of the optical fiber ribbon stack.11. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cushion members are twisted together with the optical fiber ribbon stack.12. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each cushion member is a hollow tube, a rectangle, a trapezoid, or a circle.13. An optical fiber cable, comprising: an optical fiber ribbon stack comprising a plurality of optical fibers held together in a planar array; a plurality of cushion members disposed on an outer side surface of the optical fiber ribbon stack; an elastic membrane surrounding the optical fiber stack and the cushion members; a buffer tube surrounding the elastic member; and a filler material provided between the optical fiber ribbon stack and the elastic membrane and between the buffer tube and the optical fiber ribbon stack. 14. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cushion members and the elastic membrane prevent corner fibers of the optical fiber ribbon stack from contacting the buffer tube.15. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the elastic membrane imposes radial compression on the cushion members, and the optical fiber ribbon stack so that the cushion members are slightly compressed against the optical fiber ribbon stack.16. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 15, wherein the elastic membrane is formed of a flexible elastomer material.17. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein filler material comprises a gel or foam containing a plurality of gaseous bubbles.18. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the filler material comprises be a gel with suspended particles.19. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein each cushion member has an elasticity stiffness which varies across the thickness of the cushion member.20. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cushion members are disposed over edges of the optical fiber ribbon stack.21. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein an outer surface of each cushion member has a contact hardness and a Young's modulus which are approximately the same as the contact hard hardness and Young's modulus of a matrix material which holds the optical fibers of the optical fiber ribbon stack together in the planar array.22. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cushion members have a graded contact hardness or Young's modulus which changes from sides of the cushion members which contact the ribbon stack towards sides of the cushion members which face away from the ribbon stack.23. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 14, wherein the cushion members have a graded Young's modulus or contact hardness which changes from the Young's modulus or contact hardness of the ribbon stack towards the Young's modulus and contact hardness of the buffer tube.24. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cushion members are centered on the side surfaces of the ribbon stack.25. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cushion members are twisted together with the ribbon stack.26. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 13, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each cushion member is a hollow tube, a rectangle, a trapezoid, or a circle.27. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 26, wherein the cushion members are disposed over corner edges of the ribbon stack.28. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 26, wherein the cushion members are centered on the outer side surfaces of the ribbon stack.29. The optical fiber cable as claimed in claim 26, wherein a contact hardness of each cushion member on a side of the cushion member which contacts the optical fiber ribbon stack is a softer than a contact hardness of the cushion member on a side of the cushion member which faces the buffer tube.
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