Drain-aligned cable and method for forming same
First Claim
1. A dual-axial cable comprising:
- adjacent and substantially parallel first and second wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded by a respective first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise drain alignment groove on an outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure, the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators mutually engaging to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the lengthwise drain alignment grooves and electrical conductors of the first and second wires; and
first and second drain conductors received respectively in the lengthwise drain alignment grooves of the first and second electrical insulators and running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors;
wherein the lengthwise drain alignment grooves are sized and shaped to have three sides configured to retain the first and second drain conductors.
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Abstract
A dual-axial cable may include adjacent and substantially parallel first and second wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded by a respective first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise flat face outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure, the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators mutually engaging to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the flat face and electrical conductor of the first and second wires and to maintain the flat faces parallel to one another. The dual-axial cable may also include first and second drain conductors formed respectively on the flat faces of the first and second electrical insulators and running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors.
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23 Claims
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1. A dual-axial cable comprising:
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adjacent and substantially parallel first and second wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded by a respective first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise drain alignment groove on an outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure, the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators mutually engaging to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the lengthwise drain alignment grooves and electrical conductors of the first and second wires; and first and second drain conductors received respectively in the lengthwise drain alignment grooves of the first and second electrical insulators and running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors; wherein the lengthwise drain alignment grooves are sized and shaped to have three sides configured to retain the first and second drain conductors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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forming first and second wires respectively by surrounding a length of an electrical conductor with a respective one of a first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise drain alignment groove on an outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure; mutually engaging the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the lengthwise drain alignment grooves and electrical conductors of the first and second wires, wherein the first and second wires are adjacent and substantially parallel to each other; and inserting first and second drain conductors respectively in the lengthwise drain alignment grooves of the first and second electrical insulators, the first and second drain conductors running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors, respectively, forming a dual-axial cable; wherein the lengthwise drain alignment grooves are sized and shaped to have three sides configured to retain the first and second drain conductors. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A dual-axial cable comprising:
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adjacent and substantially parallel first and second wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded by a respective first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise flat face outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure, the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators mutually engaging to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the flat face and electrical conductor of the first and second wires and to maintain the flat faces parallel to one another; and first and second drain conductors formed respectively on the flat faces of the first and second electrical insulators and running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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forming first and second wires respectively by surrounding a length of an electrical conductor with a respective one of a first and second electrical insulator having a flat face on an outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure; mutually engaging the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the flat faces and electrical conductors of the first and second wires and to maintain the flat faces parallel to one another, wherein the first and second wires are adjacent and substantially parallel to each other; and forming first and second drain conductors respectively on the flat faces of the first and second electrical insulators, the first and second drain conductors running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors, respectively, forming a dual-axial cable. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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Specification