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US 2016/0097910 A1Published application
Clamp and Bending Strain Relief Apparatus and Methods
AssigneePGS Geophysical AS
InventorsMatthew Segsworth, Robert Alexis Peregrin Fernihough, Jeremy Crane Smith
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Abstract
Clamp and Bending Strain Relief (BSR) system and method are disclosed. One example of a system can include a clamp coupled to a cable. The clamp is configured to couple an apparatus to the cable while allowing the cable to pass continuously through the clamp. A BSR apparatus is coupled to the clamp and the cable by a housing.
Claims35
A system, comprising:
- a clamp coupled to a cable, wherein the clamp is configured to couple a first apparatus to the cable while allowing the cable to pass continuously through the clamp;
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- a second apparatus coupled to the clamp and the cable by a housing, wherein the second apparatus is a bending strain relief (BSR) apparatus.
A system, comprising:
- a clamp coupled to a cable;
- a housing;
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- a first apparatus coupled to the clamp and the cable, wherein a groove on the BSR apparatus couples to a flange on the housing that extends radially inward from a surface of the housing, and wherein the first apparatus is a bending strain relief (BSR) apparatus.
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A system, comprising:
- a clamp coupled to a cable;
- a bending strain relief (BSR) apparatus having a longitudinal axis, the BSR apparatus comprising:
- a cable cavity positioned along the longitudinal axis near a bottom surface of the BSR apparatus, the cable cavity configured to enclose a longitudinal length of cable;
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- an open section configured to receive optical apparatus along a length of the longitudinal axis of the BSR apparatus;
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- a groove in an exterior surface of the BSR apparatus at an end of the open section and transverse to the longitudinal axis;
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- a housing configured to couple the BSR apparatus to the clamp and the cable, wherein the housing comprises:
- an outer structure that extends between opposite ends of the open section;
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- a flange extending from an end of the housing to couple to the groove of the BSR apparatus.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling a clamp to a cable such that a first apparatus couples to the cable while allowing the cable to pass continuously through the clamp;
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- coupling a housing to the clamp and the cable around an exterior surface of a second apparatus, wherein the second apparatus is a bending strain relief (BSR) apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.