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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Luis M. Bocanegra, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Lisa A. Dixon, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael D. Kinard, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Phillip M. Thomas, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert A. Williams, Duluth, GA (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A protective cable armor for cable having tensile stiffness and providing structural protection from invasion by foreign objects. The armor comprises a substantially planar sheet member having a length and a width and an intermittent corrugation pattern disposed therein. The intermittent corrugation pattern comprises at least one land extending across the width of the sheet member and having a defined land width. The intermittent corrugation pattern further comprises at least one, groove extending across the width of the sheet member and having a defined groove width, where the defined land width differs from the defined groove width. The land is disposed adjacent the groove. The sheet member can also be disposed in a substantially tubular form.