US 11,087,902 B2 · Branching unit for power distribution

Abstract

A novel branching unit provided. The branching unit may include a first port for connecting a first power conductor disposed in a first optical cable, a second port for connecting a second power conductor disposed in a second optical cable, and a third port for connecting a third power conductor and a fourth power conductor disposed in a branch cable. The third port may include a first sub-port and a second sub-port. The first sub-port may be configured to connect the third power conductor of the branch cable. The second sub-port may be configured to connect the fourth power conductor of the branch cable.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, via a branching unit, electrical power from a first power feed equipment of a branch terminal;
receiving, via the branching unit, electrical power from a second power feed equipment of the branch terminal;
distributing, via the branching unit, the electrical power received from the first power feed equipment to a first outbound direction of a trunk cable;
and
distributing, via the branching unit, the electrical power received from the second power feed equipment to a second outbound direction of the trunk cable, wherein the branching unit is at least a 3-port branching unit having a branch cable port configured to couple to a dual conductor cable.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/009,470Filed 1 Sep 2020 · continuation

Priority

12 Apr 2019

Published

US 2020/0402685 A124 Dec 2020

Granted

10 Aug 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H01B 9/006
Power cables: constructional features relating to the conductors
H04B 10/29
Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing…
H01B 9/005
Power cables: including optical transmission elements
H02G 9/02
Installations of electric cables or lines in or on the ground or water: laid directly in or on the ground, river-bed or sea-bottom; Coverings…

Branching unit for power distribution

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Abstract

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