Patents by Inventor Masato Kousaka

Masato Kousaka 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).

  • Patent number: 6529662
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable enabling a reduction of diameter of the cable, without increasing the manufacturing cost, and improved in work efficiency when pulling out cores in the middle of the cable for cable connection work etc., provided with a tape core stack comprised of a stack of a plurality of tape cores each comprised of an integral assembly of a plurality of optical fibers arranged in parallel and embedded in a resin, at least one fiber cord member wound around an outer circumference of the tape core stack along its longitudinal direction, and a sheath formed outside of the tape core stack and the fiber cord member wound around the outer circumference of the tape core stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Kobayashi, Daisuke Iwakura, Masato Kousaka, Yasuhiro Kamikura, Hideyuki Iwata