Conductive cable or fabric
First Claim
1. A conductive cable comprising a plurality of polyaramid tows, each of said tows comprising a multiplicity of individual filaments in substantially straight parallel untwisted relationship to each other, each of said filaments being coated with an adherent metal coating, said tows being combined together.
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Abstract
A conductive cable made up of a plurality of polyaramid elements referred to as tows, which are woven, twisted, or braided together, in which each of said tows comprises a large number of individual fine filaments (usually about 1,000 or so) with each of the individual filaments being coated with an adherent metal coating such as copper, nickel, silver, zinc, cadmium, platinum, iron, cobalt, chromium, tin, lead, rhodium, ruthenium, and indium in single or multiple layers so as to provide strength and good electrical conductivity. Woven polyaramid fabric is also disclosed with the individual filaments in each element or tow of the fabric having been treated in the same manner.
Methods of making such a cable or woven fabric are also disclosed.
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- 1. A conductive cable comprising a plurality of polyaramid tows, each of said tows comprising a multiplicity of individual filaments in substantially straight parallel untwisted relationship to each other, each of said filaments being coated with an adherent metal coating, said tows being combined together.
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