US 12,230,420 B2
Stranded cable subunits with a central member for a bundled cable
David Ralph Maack, Horseheads, NY (US); Lars Kristian Nielsen, Denver, NC (US); James Arthur Register, Hickory, NC (US); and William Taylor Rowell, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/367,147.
Application 18/367,147 is a division of application No. 16/990,880, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,791,067.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,489, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0420162 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 11/22 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H01B 9/00 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01); H01B 19/04 (2006.01); H01B 7/02 (2006.01); H01B 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 13/0023 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4434 (2013.01); G02B 6/4479 (2013.01); H01B 9/005 (2013.01); H01B 11/22 (2013.01); H01B 13/0013 (2013.01); H01B 19/04 (2013.01); G02B 6/4413 (2013.01); G02B 6/4416 (2013.01); H01B 7/0258 (2013.01); H01B 13/264 (2013.01); H01B 13/2653 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bundled cable, comprising:
a central member comprising a central member jacket having a first outer surface;
a plurality of subunits wound about the central member, wherein each of the plurality of subunits comprises a subunit jacket having a second outer surface; and
a metal element disposed at one or more thermally bonded interfaces of the first outer surface and each of the second outer surfaces, wherein the metal element comprises magnetically susceptible metal particles;
wherein the second outer surfaces of the plurality of subunits are a portion of an outermost surface of the bundled cable.