Patent ID: 11923106
Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing a communication cable comprising:
providing a polymer cable component with a first cross-section radius and a second cross-section radius, wherein the first cross-section radius is a maximum distance from the center of the polymer cable component to an edge of the polymer cable component along a cross-section and the second cross-section radius is a minimum distance from the center of the polymer cable component to the edge of the polymer cable component along a cross-section, and wherein the first cross-section radius is about equal to the second cross-section radius+/−3%, and wherein the polymer cable component has a first hardness, wherein the first hardness is a hardness of the polymer cable component under ambient conditions;
temporarily changing the hardness of the polymer cable component to a second hardness, wherein the second hardness is greater than the first hardness;
subjecting the polymer cable component to a compressive force, wherein after the compressive force, the first cross-section radius is about equal to the second cross-section radius +/−10%,
wherein the step of temporarily changing the hardness of the polymer cable component comprises cooling the polymer cable component, and
the step of cooling the polymer cable component comprises exposing the polymer cable component to a chilled fluid, a cryogenic liquid, or a chilled gas.