US Patent Issued to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC on July 21 for "Optical fiber ribbon" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,692, issued on July 21, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Optical fiber ribbon" was invented by Tetsuya Yasutomi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of colored single fibers that are arranged side by side, and the adjacent single fibers are coupled by coupling resin. The single fibers are disposed leaving a gap between the single fibers. The adjacent single fibers are bonded to each other intermittently by coupling parts at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction. That is, the coupling parts between the adjacent single fibers are disposed intermittently wit...