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US 10,310,211 B2Granted
Hard surface deployed fiber
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsChad Johnston, Enrique Gonzalez Lopez
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Abstract
A surface-mounted fiber segment includes at least one bare optical fiber glass segment disposed onto a receiving surface, and an adhesive material applied to the at least one bare optical fiber glass segment. The adhesive material substantially encapsulates the at least one bare optical fiber glass segment and adheres the at least one bare optical fiber glass segment onto the receiving surface.
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A method comprising:
- unspooling a plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments from at least one corresponding spool;
- depositing the unspooled plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments onto a receiving surface;
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- while depositing each bare optical fiber glass segment of the unspooled plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments onto the receiving surface, applying an adhesive material to the corresponding bare optical fiber glass segment such that the adhesive material substantially surrounds and adheres the corresponding bare optical fiber glass segment onto the receiving surface,
- wherein a first one of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments is deposited on a curved section of the receiving surface having a first radius of curvature that is less than a threshold radius of curvature, the first one of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments having a first length that is based on the first radius of curvature and shorter than corresponding lengths of other ones of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments deposited onto relatively flat sections of the receiving surface, the relatively flat sections of the receiving surface having corresponding radius of curvatures that are at least the threshold radius of curvature.
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A method comprising:
- unspooling a plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments from at least one corresponding spool;
- depositing the unspooled plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments onto a ground surface;
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- while depositing each bare optical fiber glass segment of the unspooled plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments onto the ground surface, applying an adhesive material to the corresponding bare optical fiber glass segment such that the adhesive material substantially surrounds and adheres the corresponding bare optical fiber glass segment onto the ground surface,
- wherein the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments comprises:
- a first portion of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments deposited on and following relatively straight sections of the ground surface, each relatively straight section of the ground surface having a corresponding radius of curvature that is at least a radius of curvature threshold;
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- a second portion of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments deposited on and following curved sections of the ground surface, each curved section of the ground surface having a corresponding radius of curvature that is less than the radius of curvature threshold, and each bare optical fiber glass segment of the second portion of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments having a shorter length than each bare optical fiber glass segment of the first portion of the plurality of bare optical fiber glass segments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.