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US 2019/0317290 A1Published application
Selectively-illuminated cable cladding
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsAnne Marie CARTER, Kevin Collin LUTZ, Winston Allen SAUNDERS
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Abstract
A system includes a cable, a first material covering at least a portion of the cable, the first material having a first index of refraction, and a second material covering at least a portion of the first material, where the second material is at least partially transparent and has a second index of refraction greater than the first index of refraction.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a cable;
- a first material continuously surrounding a circumference of the cable over a first length of the cable, the first material having a first index of refraction;
- and
- a second material continuously surrounding a circumference of and in contact with the first material over the first length of the cable,
- wherein the second material is at least partially transparent and has a second index of refraction greater than the first index of refraction, and
- wherein the second material is capable of transmitting light along the first length of the cable, the transmitted light being internally reflected at a first interface between the second material and air.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first cable cladding, the first cable cladding continuously surrounding a circumference of a cable over a first length of the cable and comprising a first material having a first index of refraction;
- and
- a second cable cladding continuously surrounding a circumference of and in contact with the first cable cladding over the first length of the cable,
- wherein the second cable cladding is at least partially transparent and comprises a second material having a second index of refraction greater than the first index of refraction, and
- wherein the second cable cladding is capable of transmitting light along the first length of the cable, the transmitted light being internally reflected at a first interface between the second cable cladding and air.
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A method comprising:
- acquiring a data cable for transmitting data signals;
- covering a continuous circumference of the data cable over a first length of the data cable with a first material having a first index of refraction;
- and
- covering and contacting a continuous circumference of the first material over the first length of the data cable with a partially-transparent second material having a second index of refraction greater than the first index of refraction,
- wherein the second material is capable of transmitting light along the first length of the data cable, the transmitted light being internally reflected at a first interface between the second material and air.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.