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US 2006/0131052 A1Published application
Electrical wire and method of making an electrical wire
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVijay Mhetar, Vijay Rajamani, Kristopher Rexius, Sho Sato, Xiangyang Tai
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Abstract
An electrical wire and a method of making an electrical wire are disclosed. The electrical wire comprises a conductor and a covering. The covering comprises a thermoplastic composition comprising a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer. The thermoplastic composition may further comprise a flame retardant.
Claims47
An electrical wire comprising
- a conductor;
- and
- a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition comprising
- (i) a poly(arylene ether)
- (ii) a polyolefin;
- and
- (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer wherein the covering is disposed over the conductor;
- wherein the conductor has a cross sectional area of 0.15 square millimeter to 1.00 square millimeter and the covering has a thickness of 0.15 to 0.25 millimeter;
- and
- wherein for 13,500 to 15,500 meters of wire there are less than or equal to six individual lengths of electrical wire and each individual length of electrical wire has a length greater than or equal to 150 meters.
7 more elements
An electrical wire comprising
- a conductor;
- and
- a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition comprising:
- (i) a poly(arylene ether)
- (ii) a polyolefin;
- and
- (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer
- wherein the covering is disposed over the conductor;
- wherein the conductor has a cross sectional area of 0.30 square millimeter to 1.30 square millimeters and the covering has a thickness of 0.15 to 0.35 millimeter;
- and
- wherein for 8,500 to 14,500 meters of wire there are less than or equal to six individual lengths of electrical wire and each individual length of electrical wire has a length greater than or equal to 150 meters.
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An electrical wire comprising
- a conductor;
- and
- a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition comprising:
- (i) a poly(arylene ether)
- (ii) a polyolefin;
- and
- (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer
- wherein the covering is disposed over the conductor;
- wherein the conductor has a cross sectional area of 1.20 square millimeters to 2.10 millimeter and the covering has a thickness of 0.29 to 0.36 millimeter;
- and
- wherein for 5,000 to 7,100 meters of wire there are less than or equal to six individual lengths of electrical wire and each individual length of electrical wire has a length greater than or equal to 150 meters.
8 more elements
An electrical wire comprising
- a conductor;
- and
- a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition comprising;
- (i) a poly(arylene ether)
- (ii) a polyolefin;
- and
- (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer
- wherein the covering is disposed over the conductor;
- wherein the conductor has a cross sectional area of 2.90 square millimeters to 4.50 square millimeters and the covering has a thickness of 0.3 to 0.8 millimeter;
- and
- wherein for 2,500 to 5,000 meters of wire there are less than or equal to six individual lengths of electrical wire and each individual lenghth of electrical wire has a length greater than or equal to 150 meters.
8 more elements
An electrical wire comprising
- a conductor;
- and
- a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition comprising:
- (i) a poly(arylene ether)
- (ii) a polyolefin;
- and
- (iii) a polymeric compatibilizer
- wherein the covering is disposed over the conductor;
- and
- wherein for 2,500 to 15,500 meters of wire there are less than or equal to 5 spark leaks.
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A method of making an electrical wire comprising:
- melt mixing a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin, and a polymeric compatibilizer to for a first mixture;
- melt filtering the first mixture through a first filter having openings with diameters of 20 micrometers to 150 micrometers to form a first filtered mixture;
- melt filtering the first filtered mixture through a second filter having openings with diameters of 20 micrometers to 150 micrometers to form a second filtered mixture;
- applying the second filtered mixture to a conductor.
1 more element
A method of making an electrical wire comprising
- melt filtering a composition comprising a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer to form a filtered composition;
- applying the filtered composition to a conductor to form an electrical wire wherein the electrical wire has less than or equal to five spark leaks per 2,500 to 15,500 meters of electrical wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.