Swaging of a sheath to a fiber
AssigneeAndre Corriveau
InventorsAndre Corriveau, Aileen L. Murphy
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Abstract
A method of connecting a fiber-protective sheath to a fiber assembly having a fiber covered by a protective multi-layer skin, and the combination of the sheath and the fiber assembly. The skin has an inner cladding and an outer jacketing. The fiber-protective sheath extends externally around the fiber assembly and has at least one end externally swaged to a corresponding portion of the fiber assembly so that the inner cladding of the fiber assembly is not plastically deformed. The method comprises externally swaging at least one end of the sheath to a corresponding portion of the fiber assembly so that the innermost cladding of the fiber assembly is not plastically deformed.
Claims6
A method for connecting together a fiber-protective sheath to a fiber assembly including a fiber covered by a protective multi-layer skin comprising an inner cladding and an outer jacketing, said method consisting essentially in swaging externally with a swage at least one end of the sheath to a corresponding portion of the fiber assembly in such a manner that the inner most cladding of the fiber assembly is not plastically deformed.
The combination of a fiber-protective sheath with a fiber assembly including a fiber covered by a protective multi-layer skin comprising an inner cladding and an outer jacketing, wherein the fiber-protective sheath extends externally around the fiber-assembly and has at least one end connected to a corresponding portion of the fiber assembly by a swage that is externally swaged thereto in such a manner that the inner cladding of the fiber assembly is not plastically deformed.
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