US Patent Issued to CTC Global on Sept. 29 for "Strength member assemblies and overhead electrical cables incorporating optical fibers" (California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,596, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to CTC Global Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Strength member assemblies and overhead electrical cables incorporating optical fibers" was invented by William Webb (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Xiaoyuan Dong (Johns Creek, Ga.), Christopher Wong (Santa Ana, Calif.), Ian M. Pilling (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Douglas A. Pilling (Bonita, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Strength member assemblies including a strength member and at least one glass optical fiber operatively coupled to the strength member. The optical fiber is coupled to the strength member in a manner such that mechanical strains ex...