US Patent Issued to Fujikura on Sept. 1 for "Optical fiber ribbon" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,216, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Optical fiber ribbon" was invented by Noriaki Yamashita (Sakura, Japan), Itaru Ishida (Sakura, Japan) and Ken Osato (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber ribbon includes five or more optical fibers disposed in a disposition direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber ribbon and connection parts disposed intermittently in the longitudinal and disposition directions. Each of the connection parts is disposed between and connects adjacent ones of the optical fibers. The optical fiber ribbon has a first high-density region...