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Granted Patent B2
US 11,860,431 · App. 17/921,836 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Cable traction terminal structure

Inventors: Ryoichi Mitobe (Sakura, JP); Kansei Shindo (Sakura, JP)
Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
G02B6/44384G02B6/4431
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Patent No.
US 11,860,431
App. No.
17/921,836
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical cable traction terminal structure includes: a helically wound inner tube that houses an optical cable; and a flexible outer tube disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube, wherein a part of the flexible outer tube enters an inside of a groove on the outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube.

Claims (20)

1. An optical cable traction terminal structure comprising:

a helically wound inner tube that houses an optical cable; and

a flexible outer tube disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube, wherein

a part of the flexible outer tube enters an inside of a groove on the outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube, and

a connecting member:

is disposed on the outer circumferential surface of a rear end of the helically wound inner tube,

overlaps the rear end of the helically wound inner tube and a rear end of the flexible outer tube, and

is adhered to the rear end of the flexible outer tube at least where the connecting member overlaps the rear end of the flexible outer tube.

2. The optical cable traction terminal structure according to claim 1 , wherein

a protrusion on an inner wall of the connecting member is fitted into the groove of the helically wound inner tube.

3. The optical cable traction terminal structure according to claim 1 , wherein, the connecting member has a recess portion, at a position facing the flexible outer tube where the connecting member overlaps the rear end of the flexible outer tube, in which an adhesive is disposed.

4. An optical cable traction terminal structure comprising:

a helically wound inner tube that houses an optical cable; and

a flexible outer tube disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube, wherein

a part of the flexible outer tube enters an inside of a groove on the outer circumferential surface of the helically wound inner tube,

a connecting member is disposed on the outer circumferential surface of a rear end of the helically wound inner tube, and

a water blocking member is disposed in a gap between the flexible outer tube and the connecting member in a longitudinal direction of the helically wound inner tube.

5. The optical cable traction terminal structure according to claim 4 , wherein the water blocking member includes a resin material.

6. The optical cable traction terminal structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the connecting member overlaps the rear end of the helically wound inner tube and a rear end of the flexible outer tube.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: MITOBE, RYOICHI; SHINDO, KANSEI
To: FUJIKURA LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63021100 · May 7, 2020
Related Publication 20230161126A1 · May 25, 2023
Cited By (1)
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