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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2014
Applicants:
Royall M. Broughton, Jr., Opelika, AL (US);
David John Branscomb, Sheffield, AL (US);
David G. Beale, Auburn, AL (US);
Inventors:
Royall M. Broughton, Jr., Opelika, AL (US);
David John Branscomb, Sheffield, AL (US);
David G. Beale, Auburn, AL (US);
Assignee:
THREE BEES BRAIDING, LLC., Auburn, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 7/043 (2013.01); B64G 1/648 (2013.01); G02B 6/4417 (2013.01); B64C 39/022 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An electro-optical-mechanical tether to transmit both optical signals and electricity to and from airborne and other movable devices from a base structure, in which the tether includes a mechanical strengthening core covered by a first intermediate compressive layer which is helically wrapped by a plurality of electrical and fiber optic conductors, which constitute an second intermediate layer of the tether, and a outer protective layer.