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Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mark Edward Conner, Granite Falls, NC (US);

Eric Scott Quinby, Granite Falls, NC (US);

James Arthur Register, III, Hickory, NC (US);

Hieu Vinh Tran, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4413 (2013.01); G02B 6/443 (2013.01); G02B 6/449 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method of preparing a bundled cable. In the method, a plurality of subunits is wound around a central member in one or more layers of subunits to form the bundled cable. For a section of the central member, each layer of subunits has a pitch over which a subunit of the layer of subunits makes one revolution around the section of the central member and a length of the subunit required to make the one revolution. The subunits are configured to have a nominal helical length equal to the ratio of a nominal length to a nominal pitch. Further, in the method, a measurement of the bundled cable is monitored, and a winding rate of the plurality of subunits is adjusted based on the measurement in order to account for deviations from the nominal helical length.


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