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US 2015/0083904 A1Published application
Optical cable, downhole system having optical cable, and method thereof
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incoporated
InventorsDaniel B. Cooper, Paul F. Wysocki, Roger G. Duncan
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Abstract
An optical cable includes an outer tubing. At least one optical fiber disposed within the outer tubing. A stiffening member configured to bend with bending of the outer tubing; wherein the stiffening member shifts a neutral plane of the cable away from the at least one optical fiber. Also included is a method of increasing a bending sensitivity in an optical cable.
Claims25
An optical cable comprising:
- an outer tubing;
- at least one optical fiber disposed within the outer tubing;
- and,
- a stiffening member configured to bend with bending of the outer tubing;
- wherein the stiffening member shifts a neutral plane of the cable away from the at least one optical fiber.
2 more elements
An optical cable comprising:
- an outer tubing having a central axis, a stiffness of the outer tubing asymmetric with respect to the central axis;
- and,
- at least one optical fiber disposed within the outer tubing;
- wherein a distance between the at least one optical fiber and a neutral plane of the cable is greater than a distance between the at least one optical fiber and the central axis.
1 more element
A method of increasing a bending sensitivity in an optical cable, the method comprising:
- shifting a neutral plane of the cable away from an optical fiber in the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.