Power/Fiber Hybrid Cable

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a hybrid cable having a jacket with a central portion positioned between left and right portions. The central portion contains at least one optical fiber and the left and right portions contain electrical conductors. The left and right portions can be manually torn from the central portion.

主权项

1. A hybrid cable comprising:
an outer jacket having a transverse cross-sectional profile that defines a major axis and a minor axis, the outer jacket having a height measured along the minor axis and a width measured along the major axis, the width being greater than the height such that the transverse cross-sectional profile of the outer jacket is elongated along the major axis; the outer jacket including a left portion, a right portion and a central portion, the left, right and central portions being positioned along the major axis with the central portion being disposed between the left and right portions, the left portion defining a left passage, the right portion defining a right passage and the central portion defining a central passage; a left electrical conductor positioned within the left passage; a right electrical conductor positioned within the right passage; at least one optical fiber positioned within the central passage; the hybrid cable including a left pre-defined tear location positioned between the central portion and the left portion of the outer jacket and a right pre-defined tear location positioned between the central portion and the right portion of the outer jacket; the left pre-defined tear location being weakened such that the left portion of the outer jacket can be manually torn from the central portion of the outer jacket, and the left pre-defined tear location being configured such that the left portion of the outer jacket fully surrounds the left passage and the central portion of the outer jacket fully surrounds the central passage after the left portion of the outer jacket has been torn from the central portion of the outer jacket; and the right pre-defined tear location being weakened such that the right portion of the outer jacket can be manually torn from the central portion of the outer jacket, and the right pre-defined tear location being configured such that the right portion of the outer jacket fully surrounds the right passage and the central portion of the outer jacket fully surrounds the central passage after the right portion of the outer jacket has been torn from the central portion of the outer jacket.