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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Edward M. Dowd, Madison, CT (US);
John J. Grunbeck, Northford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Edward M. Dowd, Madison, CT (US);
John J. Grunbeck, Northford, CT (US);
Assignee:
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4492 (2013.01); G02B 6/4429 (2013.01);
Abstract
Purging interior regions of a cable reduces or prevents hydrogen darkening of an optical fiber located in the cable. While hydrogen may permeate through an outer surface of the cable, fluid circulating through the cable purges the hydrogen from within the cable. This circulation of the fluid occurs between an inner tube containing the fiber and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube.