Patents by Inventor Markku Suvanto

Markku Suvanto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical cable
    Patent number: 6002825
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical cable comprising a reinforcing structure (1) for providing sufficient tensile and compression strength for the cable, and one or more longitudinally extending fibre channels (4) in which optical fibres in the form of single fibres (2), fibre bundles or fibre ribbons are positioned. In the cable of the invention, the fibre channel/fibre channels (4) is/are defined directly by said reinforcing structure (1), and the reinforcing structure is made of plastic reinforced with fibre bits (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: NK Cables Oy
    Inventors: Markku Suvanto, Vesa Tuunanen