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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 28, 2016
Assignee:
THREE BEES BRAIDING, LLC.
Inventors:
Royall M. Broughton, Jr., David John Branscomb, David G. Beale