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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Bluefin Robotics Corporation, Quincy, MA (US);
Inventors:
Graham Hawkes, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Jonathan Epstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bluefin Robotics Corporation, Quincy, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 75/42 (2006.01); B65H 75/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 75/425 (2013.01); B65H 75/14 (2013.01); B65H 2701/32 (2013.01); B65H 2701/514 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spool has a cylinder, a first flange coupled to a first end of the cylinder and a second flange coupled to a second end of the cylinder. A compressible material surrounds the cylinder and an optical fiber is wrapped around the compressible material. When tension is applied to the optical fiber the compressible material can be deformed to reduce the tension on the optical fiber. When submerged underwater the water pressure will not compress the compressible material.