Electrical cable with optical fiber
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsHerbert Virgil Congdon, II, Richard Walter Speer, Keith Wayne Hoover
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Abstract
An electrical cable includes a cable jacket extending a length and having an internal passageway that extends along the length of the cable jacket. Twisted pairs of insulated electrical conductors extend within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket. Each twisted pair includes two insulated conductors twisted together in a helical manner. At least two optical fibers extend within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket. The optical fibers are independently held within the internal passageway of the cable jacket relative to each other.
Claims20
An electrical cable comprising:
- a cable jacket extending a length and having an internal passageway that extends along the length of the cable jacket;
- twisted pairs of insulated electrical conductors extending within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket, each twisted pair comprising two insulated electrical conductors twisted together in a helical manner;
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- at least two optical fibers extending within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket, wherein the optical fibers are independently held within the internal passageway of the cable jacket relative to each other.
An electrical cable comprising:
- a cable jacket extending a length and having an internal passageway that extends along the length of the cable jacket;
- twisted pairs of insulated electrical conductors extending within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket, each twisted pair comprising two insulated electrical conductors twisted together in a helical manner;
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- at least one optical fiber extending within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket, the at least one optical fiber being configured to sense a disturbance to the electrical cable.
An electrical cable comprising:
- a cable jacket extending a length and having an internal passageway that extends along the length of the cable jacket;
- electrical conductors extending within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket, the electrical conductors being configured to conduct data signals;
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- at least two optical fibers extending within the internal passageway along the length of the cable jacket, wherein the optical fibers are independently held within the internal passageway of the cable jacket relative to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.