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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Arsenault, Jr., North Dartmouth, MA (US);
Mickey S. Felton, Sterling, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC CORPORATION, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/20 (2013.01); G01R 31/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for testing a cable call for extending the cable along a route having at least one curved portion, applying tension in an axial direction to the sheath of the extended cable so as to elongate the sheath, perturbing the tensioned cable in an axial direction and determining whether the perturbations to the tensioned cable have caused any structural distortions in the cable.