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US 2014/0367146 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Forming Wire
OwnerThomas M. Clerkininventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for forming a single strand wire with improved flexibility and a stranded cable from a single strand wire. In one embodiment, the flexible single strand wire has a solid, single strand wire body and at least one helical groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire body. The stranded cable includes a plurality of strands. In one embodiment, one of the strands has a planar surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the cable body.
Claims23
A process of forming wire comprising the steps of:
- providing a source of generally cylindrical single strand wire defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the single strand wire is a ductile metal, wherein the single stand wire has a solid core;
- forming a longitudinal groove in the single strand wire without severing the single strand wire;
- reshaping the single strand wire into a substantially round cross-section;
- and
- twisting the single strand wire in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction about the longitudinal axis, wherein the twisting step occurs before and/or after the reshaping step.
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A wire formed by a process comprising the steps of:
- providing a source of generally cylindrical single strand wire defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the single strand wire is a ductile metal, wherein the single stand wire has a solid core;
- forming a longitudinal groove in the single strand wire without severing the single strand wire;
- reshaping the single strand wire into a substantially round cross-section;
- and
- twisting the single strand wire in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction about the longitudinal axis, wherein the twisting step occurs before and/or after the reshaping step.
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A flexible electrical conductor comprising:
- an electrically conductive single strand wire including a longitudinally-extending groove that extends at least as deep as a radius of the single strand wire, wherein the groove defines at least two conjoined wire segments;
- wherein the conjoined wire segments include a planar portion and an arcuate portion;
- wherein the arcuate portions of the conjoined wire segments define a circumferential surface of the single strand wire;
- and
- wherein the planar portions of the conjoined segments are adjacent to the planar portion of at least one other wire segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.