US 11,852,880 B2
Optical fiber cable with movable rip cord
Kishore Sahoo, Gurugram (IN)
Filed by Sterlite Technologies Limited, Gurugram (IN)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,483.
Claims priority of application No. 202111061175 (IN), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204885 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4431 (2023.05) [G02B 6/4432 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical fiber cable (100, 200, 300), comprising:
a core (110) having one or more optical transmission elements (114);
a first layer (106) surrounding the core (110);
a second layer (102) surrounding the first layer (106), wherein the second layer (102) is relatively harder than the first layer (106); and
one or more ripcords (108) placed between the first layer (106) and the second layer (102) such that the one or more ripcords (108) have a degree of angular movement (Df) less than ±d, wherein d is an angular distance between two consecutive rip cords of the optical fiber cable and wherein the one or more rip cords (108) have the angular movement of less than 180° in 1 meter of the optical fiber cable (100, 200, 300).