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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Michael L. Elford, Calhoun, LA (US);
Pete A. Kawamoto, Littleton, CO (US);
Diana L. Unser, Lakewood, CO (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques for direct cable expansion are provided. A system includes a pump, a probe, and a coupler. The pump is coupled to a reservoir holding a fluid. The probe is in fluid communication with the pump, and is configured to introduce the fluid into a cable such that a channel is created, by the fluid, between an outer sheath of the cable and a core of the cable. The coupler is configured to attach to a cable, receive the probe, and position the probe at an interface between the outer sheath and an inner material of the cable adjacent to the outer sheath.