US Patent Issued to Fujikura on May 13 for "Optical fiber cable production method, and optical fiber cable" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,578, issued on May 13, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Optical fiber cable production method, and optical fiber cable" was invented by Tomoaki Kaji (Sakura, Japan), Akira Namazue (Sakura, Japan) and Ken Osato (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable includes: a core including optical fibers; a reinforcing wrap that surrounds the core; and a sheath that accommodates the core and the reinforcing wrap. The reinforcing wrap includes an overlapping portion. A first end portion of the reinforcing wrap overlaps a second end portion of the reinforcing wrap at a portion of the reinforcing wrap in a circumfe...