Cable having side-emitting fiber under transparent or translucent cable jacket
US6347172B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S385/901
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optically observable cable and method of manufacturing the same, the optically observable cable including a conduit for conducting signals and a side-emitting optical fiber disposed on a periphery of the conduit and extending along a length of the conduit, and a cable jacket encapsulating the conduit and the side-emitting optical fiber, wherein the cable jacket is at least partially translucent such that the side-emitting optical fiber is optically exposed through the cable jacket. A method of detecting individual cables from amongst a plurality of signal transmission cables each having a side-emitting optical fiber includes positioning a light source at an interface which houses and end of a cable to be detected, transmitting light from the light source into the interface, and observing light emitted from an axis of a cable to be detected.
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