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US 12,283,394 B2Granted
Electrical cable with dielectric foam
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsShashi Chuganey, Yasuo Sasaki, Scott McMorrow, Francisco Noyola, Cindy Lee Diegel, James Alexander Moss
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Abstract
Electrical cables and optical waveguides are disclosed as including an electrically insulative foam. The electrically insulative foam can coat at least one electrical conductor of the electrical cable. The electrically insulative foam can coat the optical fiber of the waveguide. The electrically insulative foam can also define a waveguide.
Claims26
An electrical cable comprising:
- a monolithic inner electrical insulator that comprises an electrically insulative material that is foamed so as to define a plurality of pores in the electrically insulative material;
- a pair of electrical conductors each surrounded by the inner electrical insulator along at least a majority of their respective lengths, wherein the electrical conductors are oriented substantially parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other;
- an electrically conductive shield that is disposed about at least a majority of a respective overall length of the inner electrical insulator;
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- an outer electrical insulator that surrounds at least a majority of a respective overall length of the electrically conductive shield,
- wherein the electrical cable includes only a single electrically insulative material disposed inside the electrical shield, and
- wherein the inner electrical insulator defines a radially outer perimeter that is substantially continuous and uninterrupted by open pores, wherein the radially outer perimeter is oval or racetrack shaped.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.