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US 12,265,250 · App. 17/790,181 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Resin composition, optical fiber, and method for producing optical fiber

Inventor: Yuya Homma (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
G02B6/02395C03C25/105C03C25/1065C03C25/285C03C25/36C03C25/6226C08F290/06G02B6/44C03C2217/78
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Patent No.
US 12,265,250
App. No.
17/790,181
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin composition for secondary coating of an optical fiber is a resin composition comprising: a non-reactive urethane compound having a number average molecular weight of 10000 or more and 40000 or less, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the content of the non-reactive urethane compound is 0.05 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less based on the total amount of the resin composition of 100 parts by mass, and the non-reactive urethane compound is a reaction product of a polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1800 or more and 4500 or less, a diisocyanate, and a compound having active hydrogen.

Claims (17)

1. A resin composition for secondary coating of an optical fiber, comprising:

a non-reactive urethane compound having a number average molecular weight of 10000 or more and 40000 or less;

a photopolymerizable compound; and

a photopolymerization initiator,

wherein a content of the non-reactive urethane compound is 0.05 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less based on a total amount of the resin composition of 100 parts by mass, and the non-reactive urethane compound is a reaction product of a polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1800 or more and 4500 or less, a diisocyanate, and a compound having active hydrogen.

2. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having active hydrogen is a monohydric alcohol.

3. The resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the photopolymerizable compound comprises a urethane (meth)acrylate having a number average molecular weight of 1000 or more and 6000 or less.

4. The resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein the photopolymerizable compound further comprises an epoxy (meth)acrylate.

5. The resin composition according to claim 4 , wherein the epoxy (meth)acrylate has an aromatic ring.

6. An optical fiber, comprising:

a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding;

a primary resin layer coating the glass fiber in contact with the glass fiber; and

a secondary resin layer coating the primary resin layer,

wherein the secondary resin layer comprises a cured material of the resin composition according to claim 1 .

7. A method for producing an optical fiber, comprising:

an application step of applying the resin composition according to claim 1 to a periphery of a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding; and

a curing step of curing the resin composition by irradiation with ultraviolet rays after the application step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: HOMMA, YUYA
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060366/0677 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-003516 · Jan 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230071877A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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