公开(公告)号：US20180299631A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15952310

申请日：2018-04-13

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Norin PAUSAN ,  David John WALKER ,  Kevin Vincent BATE

IPC: G02B6/44

Abstract: A flat drop cable has notches or other structures for enhancing the stripability of the jacket from a core of the flat drop cable. The notches can have an angled configuration with surfaces that converge as the notches extend into the jacket. Inner edges, or rounded valleys, at the bottoms of the notches can be positioned along a tear path that intersects the core of the flat drop cable at an angle relative to a major axis of the flat drop cable. For example, the notches can be offset from a minor axis of the flat drop cable a sufficient distance such that the notches are positioned outside a central boundary region that extends tangent to sides of the core and parallel to a minor axis of the flat drop cable. The shoulders of the notches, where the notches transition to an outer jacket wall, may also include a radius of curvature.

公开(公告)号：US20210382234A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17287763

申请日：2019-10-21

Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Inventor： Norin P. PAUSAN ,  David John WALKER ,  Amjed ABBAS ,  Michael LIVESEY ,  Luke Alec HARDY ,  Eric Lydia Paul PEETERS ,  Nico ROELANDTS

IPC: G02B6/245

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a cutting head integrated into a handle. The cutting tool can be used to make a window cut in a cable jacket by sliding the cutting tool along the cable jacket. The cutting tool includes guide surfaces to control the cutting depth into the jacket and to maintain the blade edge at a predetermined depth until the end of the stroke. The cutting tool also may direct a scrap portion of the jacket out of the cutting tool away from the cable. The blade of the cutting head is angled relative to a cable guide channel and is easily replaceable.