摘要 |
<p>AN OPTICAL FIBER CABLE IS COMPRISED OF: A SLOTTED CORE (7) ELONGATED ALONG AN AXIS OF THE OPTICAL FIBER CABLE, THE SLOTTED CORE INCLUDING A SLOT (11) RUNNING IN PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS AND A GROOVE (5) ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE SLOT; ONE OR MORE OPTICAL FIBERS (3) PLACED IN THE GROOVE; A SHEATH (9) ENCLOSING THE SLOTTED CORE AND THE AN OPTICAL FIBER CABLE (1) IS COMPRISED OF: A SLOTTED CORE (7) ELONGATED ALONG AN AXIS OF THE OPTICAL FIBER CABLE, THE SLOTTED CORE INCLUDING A SLOT (11) RUNNING IN PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS AND A GROOVE (5) ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE SLOT; ONE OR MORE OPTICAL FIBERS (3) PLACED IN THE GROOVE; A SHEATH (9) ENCLOSING THE SLOTTED CORE AND THE OPTICAL FIBERS; A BONDING PORTION (23) WHERE THE SLOTTED CORE IS BONDED WITH THE SHEATH; A FIRST STRENGTH MEMBER EMBEDDED IN THE SLOTTED CORE AND RUNNING IN PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS; AND A SECOND STRENGTH MEMBER EMBEDDED IN THE SHEATH AND RUNNING IN PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS, WHEREIN THE FIRST AND SECOND STRENGTH MEMBERS (17, 19) ARE ALIGNED ON A PLANE INCLUDING THE AXIS.</p> |