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US 11,787,736 B2Granted
Spool-free fiber optic cable configuration for cable installation onto a powerline conductor
AssigneeMeta Platforms, Inc.
InventorsKarthik Yogeeswaran, Wayne Michael Kachmar, James A. Mass, Nelson Todd
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Abstract
A method may include (1) coating a segment of fiber optic cable with an adhesive substance, (2) forming a coil of the segment of fiber optic cable, (3) deforming the coil into a noncircular shape defining a slot external to the coil while obeying a minimum bend radius requirement for the segment of fiber optic cable, and (4) activating the adhesive substance to stabilize the noncircular shape of the coil. Various other methods and apparatuses, such as those for performing the deforming operation, are also disclosed.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- coating a segment of fiber optic cable with an adhesive substance;
- forming a coil of the segment of fiber optic cable;
- deforming the coil into a noncircular shape defining a slot external to the coil while obeying a minimum bend radius requirement for the segment of fiber optic cable;
- and
- activating the adhesive substance to stabilize the noncircular shape of the coil.
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A method comprising:
- wrapping a segment of fiber optic cable about a hub section of a reel to form a coil, wherein the hub section comprises at least one first removable section upon which the coil is carried, wherein the at least one first removable section corresponds to a first portion of a perimeter of the coil;
- coupling the reel to a base portion of a deforming apparatus;
- removing the at least one first removable section from the hub section of the reel;
- and
- moving a first ram toward the first portion of the perimeter of the coil such that a protruding surface of the first ram deforms the coil into a noncircular shape defining a slot external to the coil while obeying a minimum bend radius requirement for the segment of fiber optic cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.