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US 12,591,100 · App. 18/570,842 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Optical cable laying method

Inventors: Akira Sakurai (Musashino, JP); Hiroaki Tanioka (Musashino, JP); Shigekatsu Tetsutani (Musashino, JP); Yusuke Yamada (Musashino, JP); Masashi Kikuchi (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
G02B6/46G02B6/504
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Patent No.
US 12,591,100
App. No.
18/570,842
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to achieve the foregoing object, the optical cable laying method of the present disclosure lays an optical cable on a road surface or a wall surface so that the optical cable passes through two points along a route therebetween longer than a minimum distance therebetween.

Claims (13)

1 . An optical cable laying method for laying an optical cable on a road surface or a wall surface so that the optical cable passes through two points along a route therebetween longer than a minimum distance therebetween, the method comprising

installing a laying band for laying the optical cable in the road surface or the wall surface;

making a band-like incision in the installed laying band; and

laying the optical cable so as to pass through the two points along the route longer than the minimum distance in the made band-like incision.

2 . The optical cable laying method according to claim 1 , further comprising laying the optical cable and two laying bands whose side surfaces are concave/convex shapes occluding each other, on the road surface or the wall surface so as to make the optical cable sandwiched between the side surfaces of the two laying bands.

3 . The optical cable laying method according to claim 1 , further comprising laying two laying bands, with a space therebetween, and the optical cable, so as to pass through the two points along the route longer than the minimum distance in the space, on the road surface or the wall surface.

4 . The optical cable laying method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

engraving one or a plurality of grooves on the road surface or the wall surface so as to pass through the two points along the route longer than the minimum distance; and

embedding the optical cable in one of the engraved grooves.

5 . The optical cable laying method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

engraving a band-like groove on the road surface or the wall surface; and

laying the optical cable so as to pass through the two points along the route longer than the minimum distance in the engraved band-like groove.

6 . The optical cable laying method according to claim 1 , wherein passing through the two points along the route longer than the minimum distance means meandering through the two points.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 073005/0114 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE FITH INVENTOR'S EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 065883 FRAME: 0701. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 19, 2023
From: SAKURAI, AKIRA; TANIOKA, HIROAKI; TETSUTANI, SHIGEKATSU; YAMADA, YUSUKE; KIKUCHI, MASASHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066074/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2023
From: SAKURAI, AKIRA; TANIOKA, HIROAKI; TETSUTANI, SHIGEKATSU; YAMADA, YUSUKE; KIKUCHI, MASASHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065883/0701 →
Continuity (1)
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