Armored flexible fiber optic assembly
AssigneeCerticable, Inc.
InventorsChristian A. Peterson, III, Barry Skolnick
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Abstract
The specification relates to a fiber optic cable assembly. The fiber optic cable assembly includes a non-interlocking armor, the non-interlocking armor is a spiral tube having an outside diameter of approximately 1.5 mm-5.5 mm, an inner diameter of approximately 0.75 mm-5.25 mm and a minimum bend radius of approximately 5 mm, the non-interlocking armor being formed from stainless steel; an inner jacket, the inner jacket having an outside diameter slightly less than the inner diameter of the non-interlocking armor; at least one fiber optic fiber; and a strengthening material, the strengthening material being made from aramid fibers and surrounding the at least one fiber optic fiber underneath the inner jacket.
Claims10
A fiber optic cable assembly comprising:
- a non-interlocking armor, the non-interlocking armor is a spiral tube having an outside diameter of approximately 1.5 mm-5.5 mm, an inner diameter of approximately 0.75 mm-5.25 mm and a minimum bend radius of approximately 5 mm, the non-interlocking armor being formed from stainless steel;
- an inner jacket, the inner jacket having an outside diameter slightly less than the inner diameter of the non-interlocking armor;
- at least one fiber optic fiber;
- and
- a strengthening material, the strengthening material being made from aramid fibers and surrounding the at least one fiber optic fiber underneath the inner jacket.
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