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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karthik Yogeeswaran, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wayne Michael Kachmar, North Bennington, VT (US);
James A. Mass, North Royalton, OH (US);
Nelson Todd, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 54/58 (2006.01); C03C 25/002 (2018.01); C03B 37/012 (2006.01); C03C 25/106 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 25/002 (2013.01); B65H 54/58 (2013.01); C03B 37/0126 (2013.01); C03B 37/01257 (2013.01); C03C 25/106 (2013.01); B65H 2701/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method may include (1) coating a segment of fiber optic cable with an adhesive substance, (2) forming a coil of the segment of fiber optic cable, (3) deforming the coil into a noncircular shape defining a slot external to the coil while obeying a minimum bend radius requirement for the segment of fiber optic cable, and (4) activating the adhesive substance to stabilize the noncircular shape of the coil. Various other methods and apparatuses, such as those for performing the deforming operation, are also disclosed.