Self-supporting electrical and optical overhead cable

US5555338A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Alcatel Kabel AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Haag · Waldniel, DE
• Georg Hog · Wittlich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 10, 1996
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01B5/108
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electrical overhead cable includes: cabled electrical conductors (3); tensile strength support elements (1, 2); and optical waveguide elements made of metal coated tubes (4) containing optical fibers (9). The metal coating on the optical fiber-containing tubes is a thin, self-enclosed metal layer (5), which is in direct contact with the surface of the tube (4).