GB2208945B - Communications cable - Google Patents

Communications cable

Info

Publication number: GB2208945B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: communications cable; communications; cable
Prior art date: 1987-08-20
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

Application number

GB8719692A

Other versions

GB8719692D0 (en

GB2208945A (en

Inventor

Melvin Murray Ramsay

Edmond Benjamin Ellis

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

STC PLC

Original Assignee

STC PLC

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1987-08-20

Filing date

1987-08-20

Publication date

1991-03-06

1987-08-20 Application filed by STC PLC filed Critical STC PLC

1987-08-20 Priority to GB8719692A priority Critical patent/GB2208945B/en

1987-09-30 Publication of GB8719692D0 publication Critical patent/GB8719692D0/en

1989-04-19 Publication of GB2208945A publication Critical patent/GB2208945A/en

1991-03-06 Application granted granted Critical

1991-03-06 Publication of GB2208945B publication Critical patent/GB2208945B/en

2007-08-20 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- 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
- G02B6/4401—Optical cables
- G02B6/4429—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables
- G02B6/443—Protective covering
- G02B6/4431—Protective covering with provision in the protective covering, e.g. weak line, for gaining access to one or more fibres, e.g. for branching or tapping
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
- G02B6/2852—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent structures)
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
- G02B6/4219—Mechanical fixtures for holding or positioning the elements relative to each other in the couplings; Alignment methods for the elements, e.g. measuring or observing methods especially used therefor
- G02B6/4236—Fixing or mounting methods of the aligned elements
- G02B6/424—Mounting of the optical light guide
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4201—Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
- G02B6/4287—Optical modules with tapping or launching means through the surface of the waveguide
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- 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
- G02B6/4401—Optical cables
- G02B6/4403—Optical cables with ribbon structure
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- 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
- G02B6/4401—Optical cables
- G02B6/4407—Optical cables with internal fluted support member

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)

GB8719692A 1987-08-20 1987-08-20 Communications cable Expired - Fee Related GB2208945B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB8719692A GB2208945B (en)	1987-08-20	1987-08-20	Communications cable

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB8719692A GB2208945B (en)	1987-08-20	1987-08-20	Communications cable

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8719692D0 GB8719692D0 (en)	1987-09-30
GB2208945A GB2208945A (en)	1989-04-19
GB2208945B true GB2208945B (en)	1991-03-06

Family

ID=10622560

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB8719692A Expired - Fee Related GB2208945B (en)	1987-08-20	1987-08-20	Communications cable

Country Status (1)

Country	Link
GB (1)	GB2208945B (en)

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JPH09243884A (en) *	1996-03-12	1997-09-19	Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt>	Optical flat cable
US6134363A (en) *	1999-02-18	2000-10-17	Alcatel	Method for accessing optical fibers in the midspan region of an optical fiber cable
DE102004059932B3 (en)	2004-12-09	2006-05-24	Siemens Ag	Strip-shaped light conductor, has carrier strip provided in casing that encloses optical single fibers, and passive fibers arranged in interspaces provided between adjacent single fibers
DE102005012689B3 (en) *	2005-03-18	2006-11-23	Siemens Ag	Method of making a tape
DE102005012690A1 (en) *	2005-03-18	2006-09-28	Siemens Ag	band device
DE102005028659B3 (en) *	2005-06-15	2006-06-08	Siemens Ag	Optical fiber tape producing method for motor vehicle, involves continuously producing tape such that fibers are controlled between process step of fiber surface treatment and subsequent process step to produce tape in torsion free manner
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Citations (5)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB1473818A (en) *	1975-02-27	1977-05-18	Siemens Ag	Stranded elements for optical cables
GB2017968A (en) *	1978-03-31	1979-10-10	Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd	Submarine optical fibre cable
GB1587789A (en) *	1977-07-20	1981-04-08	American Hospital Supply Corp	Light guides
EP0143286A2 (en) *	1983-10-29	1985-06-05	Alcatel N.V.	Optical telecommunication cable
GB2180665A (en) *	1985-09-16	1987-04-01	Telephone Cables Ltd	Optical cables and the manufacture thereof

1987
- 1987-08-20 GB GB8719692A patent/GB2208945B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB1473818A (en) *	1975-02-27	1977-05-18	Siemens Ag	Stranded elements for optical cables
GB1587789A (en) *	1977-07-20	1981-04-08	American Hospital Supply Corp	Light guides
GB2017968A (en) *	1978-03-31	1979-10-10	Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd	Submarine optical fibre cable
EP0143286A2 (en) *	1983-10-29	1985-06-05	Alcatel N.V.	Optical telecommunication cable
GB2180665A (en) *	1985-09-16	1987-04-01	Telephone Cables Ltd	Optical cables and the manufacture thereof

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB8719692D0 (en)	1987-09-30
GB2208945A (en)	1989-04-19

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP0314371A3 (en)	1990-12-12	Water resistant communications cable
GB8611332D0 (en)	1986-06-18	Transmission cable
EP0416452A3 (en)	1992-04-29	Electro-filter cable
GB2201829B (en)	1990-01-24	Coaxial cable
ZA888495B (en)	1989-10-25	Communications apparatus
EP0412726A3 (en)	1992-03-04	Animal-resistant cable
GB2213980B (en)	1991-11-06	Cable
DE3569058D1 (en)	1989-04-27	Communications cables
GB8716362D0 (en)	1987-08-19	Optical cable
GB2208945B (en)	1991-03-06	Communications cable
GB8719107D0 (en)	1987-09-16	Communications adaptor
GB8717578D0 (en)	1987-09-03	Communication cables
GB8716318D0 (en)	1987-08-19	Cable
GB8704938D0 (en)	1987-04-08	Cables
GB8818338D0 (en)	1988-09-07	Cables
GB8729588D0 (en)	1988-02-03	Cable arrangement
DE3566320D1 (en)	1988-12-22	Communications cable
GB2206975B (en)	1991-04-24	Optical cable
GB8721072D0 (en)	1987-10-14	Cable dielectric
GB2209647B (en)	1991-05-29	Communications apparatus
GB8622527D0 (en)	1986-10-22	Cable manufacture
GB8629638D0 (en)	1987-01-21	Cable connectors
ZA886308B (en)	1989-04-26	Telecommunication cables
CS1005687A1 (en)	1990-05-14	Cable runs
GB8713827D0 (en)	1987-07-15	Cables

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1994-04-20	PCNP	Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee	Effective date: 19930820