High strength tether for transmitting power and communications signals
US9378865B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49826
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electro-optical-mechanical tether to transmit both optical signals and electricity to and from airborne and other movable devices from a base structure, in which the tether includes a mechanical strengthening core covered by a first intermediate compressive layer which is helically wrapped by a plurality of electrical and fiber optic conductors, which constitute an second intermediate layer of the tether, and a outer protective layer.
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