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| 2H201 | STRUCTURES FOR PROVIDING TENSILE STRENGTH AND EXTERNAL PROTECTION FOR FIBERS | |
| G02B6/44 ,351-6/44,396 | ||
| G02B6/44,351-6/44,396 | AX | AX00 PURPOSE, USAGE |
AX01 | AX02 | AX03 | AX04 | AX05 | AX06 | AX07 | AX08 | AX09 | AX10 |
| . Purpose | . . Coating removal | . . Heat resistant, Fire retardant | . . . Toxic gas generation prevention | . . Measures against biological damage | . . Flexibility | . . Easy laying, low friction | . . Friction improvement | . . Appearance, design | . . Specific test conditions (bending, flame retardant, etc.) | |||
| AX11 | AX12 | AX13 | AX14 | AX15 | AX16 | AX17 | AX18 | AX19 | AX20 | |||
| . . Weather resistance | . . Cold resistance | . . Water resistance, water absorption | . . Chemical resistance | . . Preventing stray lights | . . Radiation resistance | . . Distinguishability | . . . Cores | . . . Tapes | . . Easy separation | |||
| AX21 | AX22 | AX23 | AX24 | AX25 | ||||||||
| . . Easy cutting/fusion splicing | . . Density increasing | . . Adhesion, non-releasability | . . Reducing transmission losses | . . Recyclability | ||||||||
| AX31 | AX32 | AX33 | AX34 | |||||||||
| . Usage | . . Indoor | . . . Subscriber/private (indoor cables, cords, etc.) | . . . In facilities (cables in buildings or data centers, etc.) | |||||||||
| AX42 | AX43 | AX44 | AX45 | AX46 | AX47 | AX48 | AX49 | |||||
| . . Outdoor | . . . Submarine | . . . Land | . . . . Underground | . . . . Overhead | . . Lead lines to indoors used outdoor-indoor (drops, etc.) Drop cables, etc. | . . In apparatuses/devices (including airplanes, automobiles, etc.) | . . Other than communication | |||||
| BB | BB00 STRUCTURES 1 (STRUCTURE IN GENERAL, STRUCTURES 2 TAKE PRECEDENCE) |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | |||
| . The number of coated optical fiber cores | . . Single core | . . Multiple cores | . . . Optical fibers having a unit structure | . . . . Units with a single core | . . . . Units with tape cores | . . . . Units with fiber bundles | . . . . Collecting a plurality of units | |||||
| BB11 | BB12 | BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | ||||
| . Protection objects | . . Glass fibers | . . Plastic clad fibers | . . Plastic fibers | . . Crystal fibers | . . Fiber gratings | . . Fusion splicing parts | . . Multi-core fibers | . . Polarization fibers | ||||
| BB21 | BB22 | BB23 | BB24 | BB25 | BB26 | |||||||
| . Protection layer structures | . . Circular outer shapes | . . Flat outer shapes | . . Cores (bundles) integrated with a protection layer | . . Cores (bundles) separated from a protection layer | . . non- axisymmetric | |||||||
| BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | BB34 | |||||||||
| . Structures in a longitudinal direction of optical fibers (BB42 takes precedence) | . . Linear | . . Spiral | . . Inverted spiral (SZ winding) | |||||||||
| BB41 | BB42 | BB43 | BB44 | BB45 | BB46 | BB49 | BB50 | |||||
| . Intervention | . . Spacers | . . . Straight grooves | . . . Spiral grooves | . . . Inverted spiral grooves (SZ groove) | . . . Collection of U, V spacers | . . Liquid | . . Powder | |||||
| BB52 | BB53 | BB54 | BB55 | BB56 | BB59 | BB60 | ||||||
| . . Highly viscous fluids (jelly, gel, etc.) | . . Platy bodies (BB75 loosely winding takes precedence) | . . Cavities | . . swelling materials | . . Foaming bodies, porous materials | . . Linear bodies (BB75, FF01 take precedence) | . . . Teared strings | ||||||
| BB62 | BB63 | BB64 | BB65 | BB66 | BB67 | BB68 | BB69 | BB70 | ||||
| . . . Reinforcement lines | . . . . Arrangement of reinforcement lines | . . . . . On the inner side of optical fibers | . . . . . . At the center | . . . . . Mixed between optical fibers | . . . . . On the outer side of optical fibers | . . . . . Cylindrically disposed | . . . . Structures of reinforcement lines | . . . . . Single wires | ||||
| BB72 | BB73 | BB75 | BB76 | BB77 | BB78 | BB80 | ||||||
| . . . . . Bundled wires | . . . . . Coating reinforcement lines | . . Collected by loosely winding (strings, tapes, etc.) | . . . Longitudinally | . . . Spiral | . . . Others (mesh-shaped, etc.) | . . Tubes, pipes | ||||||
| BB81 | BB82 | BB83 | BB85 | BB86 | ||||||||
| . Other structural features | . . Notches, grooves, recessed parts, and projecting parts uniform in the longitudinal direction | . . Uniform rough-surface uneveness | . . Coloring | . . Structure for coating removal | ||||||||
| BB91 | BB92 | BB93 | BB94 | BB95 | BB96 | BB97 | BB98 | BB99 | ||||
| . Identification (DD21-Identification of tape cores takes precedence) | . . Identification objects | . . . Fiber bundles (so-called bundles) | . . . Groove positions of spacers | . . . Positions of teared strings | . . . Orientations of polarization/multi-core fibers, etc. | . . Identifying means | . . . Notches, projecting parts, cavities, etc. | . . . Coloring | ||||
| DD | DD00 STRUCTURES 2 (STRUCTURES FOR COUPLING CORES, ETC.) |
DD01 | DD02 | DD03 | DD04 | DD05 | DD06 | DD07 | DD08 | DD09 | ||
| . Cross-section structures | . . Coating the whole circumstance | . . Partially exposing cores, etc. | . . . Exposing all cores, etc. | . . Cores that do not contact with each other | . . Cores contacting with each other | . . Having recessed parts | . . Having projecting parts | . . Composed of multiple layers | ||||
| DD11 | DD12 | DD13 | DD14 | DD15 | DD16 | DD17 | DD18 | DD20 | ||||
| . Longitudinal structures (not classified) | . . Continuous coupling portions | . . Having uncoupled portion | . . . Coupling portion at different positions in the longitudinal direction (mesh-shaped) | . . . Coupling portions at the same position in the longitudinal direction | . . . Differing in fiber length | . . . Not a predetermined cycle | . . For being easily cut at specific positions | . Structures of end portions | ||||
| DD21 | DD22 | DD23 | DD24 | DD26 | DD28 | |||||||
| . Identification | . . Identification of tape cores | . . . Forming on coatings of single-core optical fibers (marks, coloring, etc.) | . . . Colors of optical fiber cores at specific positions (tracers) | . . . Forming on common coatings of tapes (marks, colorings, etc.) | . . Identifying single-core optical fibers in tape cores | |||||||
| DD31 | DD32 | DD33 | DD34 | DD35 | ||||||||
| . . Identifying means | . . . Marks (characters, numbers, symbols, and patterns) | . . . Colors | . . . Uneveness itself (including tactile) | . . . Mechanically reading (barcodes, IC, etc.) | ||||||||
| DD41 | DD42 | |||||||||||
| . Other structures | . . Differing in fiber diameters | |||||||||||
| FF | FF00 STRUCTURES 3 (OTHERS) |
FF01 | FF03 | FF05 | FF06 | FF07 | ||||||
| . Having electric wires (combined cables) | . Having gas barriers, water-proof partition walls | . Cable terminals | . . Having connecting means | . . Protection of end portions | ||||||||
| FF11 | FF12 | FF14 | FF15 | FF16 | FF18 | |||||||
| . Supports, fixing tools of cables | . . Having suspension wires | . Tools for cutting and removing coatings | . . Single-core separation | . . Mid-span branching | . Structure for branching | |||||||
| KK | KK00 MATERIALS |
KK01 | KK02 | KK03 | KK05 | KK06 | KK07 | KK08 | KK09 | |||
| . Materials of optical fibers | . . Glass | . . Resin | . Materials of reinforcement lines | . . Metal | . . Resin | . . . FRP | . . Glass | |||||
| KK11 | KK12 | KK13 | KK14 | KK16 | KK17 | KK18 | KK19 | KK20 | ||||
| . Materials of spacers | . . Resin | . . . FRP | . . Metal | . Materials of the outermost protection layers | . . Resin | . . . FRP | . . . Rubber, elastomer | . . Metal | ||||
| KK21 | KK22 | KK23 | KK24 | KK25 | KK26 | KK27 | KK28 | KK29 | KK30 | |||
| . Materials of resin layers (divided into primary, secondary, and others) | . . Polyamide (nylon) (*) | . . Silicone resin (*) | . . Epoxy resin (*) | . . Polyimide (*) | . . Acrylic resin, methacrylic resin (*) | . . Fluorocarbon resin (*) | . . Polyester (*) | . . Polyurethane (*) | . . Liquid crystal polymer (*) | |||
| KK32 | KK33 | KK34 | KK35 | KK36 | KK37 | KK39 | KK40 | |||||
| . . Copolymer (*) | . . Polyolefin (PE, PP, EEA, etc.) (*) | . . . Polyethylene (*) | . . Vinyl (*) | . . Polyvinylchloride (PVC) (*) | . . Acrylate (*) | . . Addictive (*) | . . . Metallic salt (*) | |||||
| KK42 | KK43 | KK45 | KK46 | KK47 | KK48 | |||||||
| . . Filler (*) | . . . Magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide (*) | . . Fire retardant (*) | . . . Halogen (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine) (*) | . . . Non-halogen (*) | . . . . Inorganic (phosphorus, nitrogen, etc.) (*) | |||||||
| KK52 | KK54 | KK55 | KK57 | KK59 | ||||||||
| . . Drip retardants (*) | . . Pigments (*) | . . . Carbon (*) | . . Light stabilizer (*) | . . Reinforcement fibers (FRP) (*) | ||||||||
| KK61 | KK62 | KK63 | KK64 | KK65 | KK66 | KK67 | KK68 | KK69 | ||||
| . Properties of materials | . . Thermosetting | . . Optical hardening | . . Electron ray-curable | . . Thermoplastic | . . Liquid crystal polymer | . . Foaming | . . Resilient | . . Releasable | ||||
| KK71 | KK72 | KK73 | KK74 | KK75 | KK76 | |||||||
| . Limited values (not classified) | . . Young's modulus | . . Breaking elongation, breaking stress, tensile strength | . . Thermal expansion | . . Coating thickness, coating outer diameter | . . Composition ratio of coating materials | |||||||
| MM | MM00 MANUFACTURING METHODS |
MM01 | MM02 | MM03 | MM04 | MM05 | MM06 | |||||
| . Coating methods | . . Extrusion | . . Application | . . Evaporation | . . Pipe coating | . . Re-coating | |||||||
| MM12 | MM13 | MM14 | MM15 | MM16 | MM17 | MM18 | MM19 | MM20 | ||||
| . . Manufacturing method of core coupling structures | . . . Batch coating | . . . Method of intermittently configuring continuous parts of coating | . . . . Notching after batch coating and curing | . . . . Notching before batch coating and curing | . . . Intermittent bonding | . . . . Intermittent application of adhesives | . . . . . Application, dripping by ink jet | . . . . . Transferring | ||||
| MM22 | MM23 | MM24 | MM25 | |||||||||
| . . Manufacturing method of identifying portions | . . . Colored layers | . . . Ink jet | . . . Bonding of identification members | |||||||||
| MM31 | MM32 | MM33 | MM34 | MM36 | MM37 | MM38 | MM39 | |||||
| . Manufacturing devices | . . Characterized by Dies | . . Characterized by winding devices | . . Ultraviolet curing devices | . . Feeding of optical fibers (linearly feeding) | . . . Feeding while rotating | . . . Inserted in pipes | . . . Inserted in spacers |