Abstract: A fiber wrap and a method of rotating the fiber wrap without twisting a data cable are disclosed. The fiber wrap includes a sun gear, a sun cylinder coupled to the sun gear, a planetary gear in contact with the sun gear, a planetary cylinder coupled to the planetary gear, an outer housing in contact with the planetary gear, and a data cable coupled to the sun cylinder, the planetary cylinder, and the outer housing. The maximum bend radius of the data cable is determined by the equation: 2 ? ?? ? ? D ? ? G ? ? D ? c ? wherein ? is optical wavelength and ? ? ? D ? ? G ? ? D = 0.5 ? C s ? ( r R 2 ) 2 ? ? ? ? L c - 0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2007
Date of Patent:
October 19, 2010
Assignee:
Associated Universites, Inc.
Inventors:
Silversun Sturgis, Nathan Joseph Gomes, Pengbo Shen