COUPLING SYSTEM FOR A FIBER OPTIC CABLE

• Main Authors: SEDDON, DAVID ALAN, TEDDER, CATHARINA LEMCKERT, MCALPINE, WARREN WELBORN, GIMBLET, MICHAEL JOHN, LAIL, JASON CLAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 18.12.2014
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A fiber optic cable (110) includes a jacket (112), an element (114) of the cable (110) interior to the jacket (112), and first (120) and second (122) powders. The element (114) includes a first surface (124) and a second surface (126). The cable (110) further includes a third surface (128) interior to the jacket (112) and facing the first surface (124) at a first interface (132) and a fourth surface (130) interior to the jacket (112) and facing the second surface (126) at a second interface (134). At least one of the third (128) and fourth (130) surfaces is spaced apart from the jacket (112). The first powder (120) is integrated with at least one of the first and third surfaces (124, 128) at the first interface (132) and the second powder (122) integrated with at least one of the second and fourth surfaces (126, 130) at the second interface (134). The first interface (132) has greater coupling than the second interface (134) at least in part due to differences in the first and second powders.