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Reinforced tubing

  • US 5,101,682 A
  • Filed: 07/06/1990
  • Issued: 04/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flexible torque transmission cable which comprises:

  • a hollow tube having a continuous wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface;

    a helical structural member positioned in tension around said outer surface of said wall for strengthening said tube; and

    an electroplatable metal surrounding layer electroplated over said structural member to continuously coat said tube and said structural member and bond said structural member to said tube.

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