Flexible electrical cable and method of making the same

• US 3,086,071 A
• Filed: 08/28/1959
• Issued: 04/16/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daniel S. Preston
• Original Assignee: Daniel S. Preston
• Inventors: Preston, Daniel S.
• Application Number:
  US03/837,566
• Time in Patent Office: 1,327 Days
• US Class Current: 174/268
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/08 Flat or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/2806 Protection against damage caused by corrosion
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/29 Protection against damage caused by extremes of temperature or by flame heat dissipation or conduction H01B7/42
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/036 Multilayers with layers of different types
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0366 reinforced, e.g. by fibres, fabrics H05K1/036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/015 Fluoropolymer, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene [PTFE]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2203/0315 Oxidising metal
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/385 by conversion of the surface of the metal, e.g. by oxidation, whether or not followed by reaction or removal of the converted layer

Claims

3. A FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED CONDUCTORS, A FLAT LAYER OF A COPOLYMER OF FLUOROETHYLENE AND FLUOROPROPYLENE OUTWARDLY OF EACH SIDE OF THE CONDUCTOR PATTERN, AND A FLAT LAYER OF GLASS CLOTH IMPREGNATED WITH A PLASTIC TETRAFLUOROETHYL POLYMER OUTWARDLY OF EACH LAYER OF COPOLYMER JOINED TOGETHER TO FORM A UNITARY CABLE.