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US 6,643,437 B1Granted
All-dielectric self-supporting optical cable and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung-Tae Park
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Abstract
Disclosed are an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable and a manufacturing method thereof. The all-dielectric self-supporting (ADSS) optical cable installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon comprises a first armor rod made of metal material and connected to a dead end of the all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable; and an insulating member for insulating the first armor rod.
Claims43
An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable by a predetermined length starting from an end of a portion of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable which is insulated by said insulating member.
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A method, comprising:
- manufacturing an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- connecting an end of said optical cable with a first armor rod including conductive material to connect said optical cable to the pylon;
- and
- insulating said first armor rod connected to said end of said optical cable with an insulating member, separating said insulating member from the pylon with said first armor rod.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding a predetermined length of said optical cable;
- said second armor rod surrounding said optical cable at a position starting from a portion of said optical cable which is insulated by said insulating member;
- said end of said optical cable being located adjacent to where said optical cable is installed on the pylon;
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- said conducting material corresponding to a metal material.
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A method, comprising:
- manufacturing an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- connecting an end of said optical cable with a first armor rod including conductive material to connect said optical cable to the pylon;
- and
- insulating said first armor rod connected to said end of said optical cable with an insulating member, said end of said optical cable corresponding to an anchor point of said optical cable, separating said insulating member from said pylon with said first armor rod.
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A method, comprising:
- connecting an optical cable to a pylon, said connecting being performed at least partly by a first armor rod including conductive material;
- insulating said first armor rod with an insulating member;
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- installing a second armor rod around an outer surface of a length of said optical cable, said length of said optical cable starting at said insulating member, said second armor rod including insulating material.
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A method, comprising:
- connecting a portion of an optical cable to a pylon with a first armor rod including conductive material;
- contacting said first armor rod with an insulating member;
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- installing a second armor rod on an outer surface of a length of said optical cable, said length of said optical cable starting adjacent to said insulating member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first armor rod including conductive material connecting an optical cable to a pylon;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod installed on an outer surface of said optical cable at a position starting at said insulating member.
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A method, comprising:
- manufacturing an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- connecting an end of said optical cable with a first armor rod including conductive material to connect said optical cable to the pylon;
- insulating said first armor rod connected to said end of said optical cable with an insulating member;
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- surrounding a predetermined length of said optical cable by twisting a second armor rod around said optical cable, said surrounding starting from a portion of said optical cable which is insulated in a state wherein said first armor rod is coupled to said end of said optical cable.
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An apparatus for suspending an optical cable from a pylon, comprising:
- a first rod being connected to a pylon and being connected to a first terminal end of an optical cable, said first rod coupling the first terminal end of said optical cable to the pylon, said first rod including electrically conductive materials;
- an insulator being connected to said first rod, said insulator insulating said first rod, said insulator surrounding and insulating a first predetermined length of the optical cable;
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- a second rod surrounding a portion of the optical cable insulated by said insulator, said second rod surrounding a second predetermined length of the optical cable extending from said insulator, said second rod including insulating materials, said insulator separating said first and second rods.
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A method of suspending an optical cable from a pylon, comprising:
- connecting a first rod to a first terminal end of an optical cable, the first rod including electrically conductive materials;
- connecting the first rod to a pylon to suspend the optical cable from the pylon;
- connecting an insulator to the first rod, the insulator insulating the first rod, the insulator surrounding and insulating a first predetermined length of the optical cable;
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- surrounding a second predetermined length of the optical cable with a second rod, the second predetermined length including at least a portion of the optical cable insulated by the insulator and including a portion of the optical cable extending out from the insulator, the second rod including insulating materials, the insulator separating the first and second rods.
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A method, comprising:
- manufacturing an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- connecting an end of said optical cable with a first armor rod including conductive material to connect said optical cable to the pylon;
- and
- insulating said first armor rod connected to said end of said optical cable with an insulating member, surrounding a portion of said optical cable with said insulating member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding a predetermined length of said optical cable, said first armor rod separating said insulating member from said pylon.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding a predetermined length of said optical cable, said insulating member surrounding a portion of said optical cable.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding a predetermined length of said optical cable, the predetermined length of said optical cable starting from said insulating member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding a predetermined length of said optical cable, said insulating member separating said first armor rod from said second armor rod.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable by a predetermined length starting from an end of a portion of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable which is insulated by said insulating member, said second armor rod surrounding said optical cable by being twisted around said optical cable, said insulating member surrounding a portion of said optical cable.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable being installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- a first armor rod including conducting material and being connected to an end of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable;
- an insulating member insulating said first armor rod;
- and
- a second armor rod including insulating material and surrounding said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable by a predetermined length starting from an end of a portion of said all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable which is insulated by said insulating member, said second armor rod surrounding said optical cable by being twisted around said optical cable, said insulating member separating said first armor rod from said second armor rod.
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A method, comprising:
- manufacturing an all-dielectric self-supporting optical cable installed on an extra-high voltage electrical power transmitting pylon;
- connecting an end of said optical cable with a first armor rod including conductive material to connect said optical cable to the pylon;
- and
- insulating said first armor rod connected to said end of said optical cable with an insulating member, said end of said optical cable corresponding to an anchor point of said optical cable, surrounding a portion of said optical cable with said insulating member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.