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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Uk Ltd., Swindon, Wiltshire, GB;
David John Chirgwin, Chester, GB;
Paul John Pepe, Clemmons, NC (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A secured cable system for protecting an inner cable is disclosed. The secured cable system includes a cable security system having a first security tape including a tape portion upon which a plurality of detection lines are arranged. The security system may also include a detection box in electrical or optical communication with each of the detection lines in the first security tape. In one embodiment, the security tape is spiral wrapped about the inner cable in a first direction along a length of the inner cable, the security tape being overlapped upon itself at a predetermined overlap factor. The secured cable system may also include a second security tape including a tape portion upon which a plurality of detection lines are arranged in a pattern wherein the second security tape is wrapped about the first security tape in a second direction opposite the first direction.