Web for separating conductors in a communication cable
First Claim
1. A telecommunications cable comprising:
- four twisted pairs of insulated conductors;
a separator configured to provide four quadrants in the cable within which the four twisted pairs of insulated conductors are individually disposed; and
a cable jacket surrounding the four twisted pairs of insulated conductors and the separator along the length of the telecommunications cable;
wherein the separator comprises a central portion, first and second side portions positioned parallel to the central portion on either side of the central portion, and first and second cross portions positioned on opposite sides of the central portion and substantially perpendicular to the central portion;
wherein the first cross portion joins the first side portion to the central portion, and the second cross portion joins the second side portion to the central portion; and
wherein the first and second cross portions are offset relative to one another along a height of the central portion.
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Abstract
A telecommunications cable and separator spline. In one example the cable includes a cable jacket defining an elongate cable core, a conductor assembly including four twisted pairs of conductors disposed along the core and a plurality of parallel elongate localized and like distensions in an inner surface of the cable jacket. The distensions are substantially evenly spaced about an inner surface of the cable jacket. In one example, the distensions are the result of a series of filler elements placed between the cable jacket and the cable core and which wind helicoidally along and about the cable core. The separator spline includes first and second elongate dividing strips having a substantially H shaped cross section and arranged side by side, and twists helicoidally along its length. In one example the separator spline and the insulation surrounding the twisted pairs of conductors is manufactured form a material having the same dielectric constant.
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18 Claims
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1. A telecommunications cable comprising:
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four twisted pairs of insulated conductors; a separator configured to provide four quadrants in the cable within which the four twisted pairs of insulated conductors are individually disposed; and a cable jacket surrounding the four twisted pairs of insulated conductors and the separator along the length of the telecommunications cable; wherein the separator comprises a central portion, first and second side portions positioned parallel to the central portion on either side of the central portion, and first and second cross portions positioned on opposite sides of the central portion and substantially perpendicular to the central portion; wherein the first cross portion joins the first side portion to the central portion, and the second cross portion joins the second side portion to the central portion; and wherein the first and second cross portions are offset relative to one another along a height of the central portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A telecommunications cable comprising:
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four twisted pairs of insulated conductors; a separator comprising a first h-shaped portion and a second h-shaped portion, the separator configured to provide four quadrants in the cable within which the four twisted pairs of insulated conductors are individually disposed; and a cable jacket surrounding the four twisted pairs of insulated conductors and the separator along the length of the telecommunications cable; wherein the first and second h-shaped portions touch along a heel thereof. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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