IP Library Granted Patent US 12704671
Granted Patent B2
US 12704671 · App. 18/279,474 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Optical fiber and optical fiber ribbon

Inventors: Noriaki Iwaguchi (Osaka, JP); Miho Ikegawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
G02B6/02395C03C25/105C03C25/1065C03C25/285C03C25/36
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Patent No.
US 12704671
App. No.
18/279,474
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical fiber comprises a glass fiber including a core and a cladding, and a coating resin layer for coating the glass fiber; the coating resin layer has a primary resin layer in contact with the glass fiber for coating the glass fiber, and a secondary resin layer for coating the primary resin layer; the primary resin layer includes a cured product of a first resin composition containing a silicone (meth)acrylate and a photopolymerization initiator; the secondary resin layer includes a cured product of a second resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate and a photopolymerization initiator; and the amount of tin contained in the coating resin layer is 150 ppm or less in a mass ratio.

Claims (24)

1 . An optical fiber comprising:

a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding, and a coating resin layer for coating the glass fiber;

wherein the coating resin layer has a primary resin layer in contact with the glass fiber for coating the glass fiber, and a secondary resin layer for coating the primary resin layer;

the primary resin layer includes a cured product of a first resin composition containing a silicone (meth)acrylate and a photopolymerization initiator;

the secondary resin layer includes a cured product of a second resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate and a photopolymerization initiator; and

an amount of tin contained in the coating resin layer is 150 ppm or less in a mass ratio.

2 . The optical fiber according to claim 1 , wherein a Young's modulus of the secondary resin layer is 80 MPa or more and 2000 MPa or less at 23° C.

3 . The optical fiber according to claim 1 , wherein the second resin composition further contains an epoxy (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring.

4 . The optical fiber according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of tin is 10 ppm or more in a mass ratio.

5 . The optical fiber according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

6 . An optical fiber ribbon comprising:

a plurality of the optical fibers according to claim 1 arranged in parallel; and

a connecting resin layer for coating and connecting a plurality of the optical fibers.

7 . The optical fiber according to claim 2 , wherein the second resin composition further contains an epoxy (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring.

8 . The optical fiber according to claim 2 , wherein the amount of tin is 10 ppm or more in a mass ratio.

9 . The optical fiber according to claim 3 , wherein the amount of tin is 10 ppm or more in a mass ratio.

10 . The optical fiber according to claim 7 , wherein the amount of tin is 10 ppm or more in a mass ratio.

11 . The optical fiber according to claim 2 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

12 . The optical fiber according to claim 3 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

13 . The optical fiber according to claim 4 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

14 . The optical fiber according to claim 7 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

15 . The optical fiber according to claim 8 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

16 . The optical fiber according to claim 9 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.

17 . The optical fiber according to claim 10 , wherein the first resin composition further contains nonylphenol ethylene oxide-modified (meth)acrylate.