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Cable expansion joint

US8781280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AFL Telecommunications LLC · US

Inventors

Christopher Donaldson · Greenville, US
Lawrence Srutkowski · Florence, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2011
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3801
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable is provided having an expansion joint. The cable includes a cable jacket which makes up an outer layer of the cable, a non-end section where the cable jacket is removed from the cable which forms an opening, and an expansion joint which covers the opening and is bonded to the cable jacket at opposite sides of the opening. The expansion joint is made up of a flexible or compressible material.

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