US 11,899,266 B2
Intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon
Yoshie Murakoshi, Chiba (JP); Akira Namazue, Chiba (JP); and Ken Osato, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/632,681
Filed by FUJIKURA LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/018938
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/033374, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-151467 (JP), filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0317399 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/448 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4403 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon, comprising:
optical fibers disposed side by side in a predetermined direction; and
connecting portions that intermittently connect two adjacent ones of the optical fibers, wherein
a peripheral resin portion is formed on a periphery of the optical fibers, and
a surface roughness of the peripheral resin portion is 2.0 μm or lower.