System for preventing undue bending of cables

US9250220B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Christopher P. Jones · Las Vegas, US
• Jonathan Lenchner · North Salem, US
• Nathan Masters · Henderson, US
• James A. Oravec · Las Vegas, US
• Rodrigo A. Rey · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2013
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01B7/36
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cable system is disclosed including a central cable; an inner membrane having a higher minimum bend radius than the central cable and surrounding the cable, thereby forming an inner chamber around the central cable, the inner chamber containing a gas or at least one chemical; and an outer membrane surrounding the inner membrane and forming an outer chamber around the inner chamber, the outer chamber comprising a gas or at least one chemical. When the minimum bend radius of the inner membrane is exceeded, the inner membrane fractures or breaks, and the gas or at least one chemical from the inner chamber enters the outer chamber to create a chemiluminescence reaction, color, or smell.