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US 5,371,823 AGranted
Composite cable including a light waveguide cable and a coaxial cable
AssigneeSiecor Corporation
InventorsMichael J. Barrett, Stephen T. Ferguson
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Abstract
A metallic current-carrying coaxial cable is connected by a plastic web to a cable holding light waveguides.
Claims8
A communications cable, comprising:
- a first tube containing a single coaxial current-carrying electrical conductor and no other electrical conductors;
- a second tube containing a plurality of light waveguides and at least one strength member;
- and,
- a web extending between the first and second tubes, said web having a thickness narrower than half the outer diameter of the first tube or the second tube.
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A communications cable, comprising:
- a first tube containing a single coaxial current-carrying electrical conductor and no other electrical conductors, and a tubular metallic shield disposed between the electrical conductor and the first tube;
- a second tube containing a plurality of light waveguides;
- and,
- a web extending between the first and second tubes, said web having a thickness narrower than half the outer diameter of the first tube or the second tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.