# US 2021/0241941 A1 · Communication cables

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- Number: US 2021/0241941 A1
- Document ID: US20210241941A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/049,081
- Filed: 2018-08-09
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2018-08-09
- Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Inventors: Matthew G Lopez; Brian R Jung; Mary Lutz
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241941A1

## CPC

- H01B 7/40: with arrangements for facilitating mounting or securing
- H01B 3/50: fabric
- H01B 7/18: {Protection against damage caused} by wear, mechanical force or pressure; {Sheaths; Armouring}
- H01B 13/008: for manufacturing extensible conductors or cables
- H01B 7/083: {Parallel wires, incorporated in a fabric}
- H01B 7/0853: {Juxtaposed parallel wires, fixed to each other without a support layer}
- H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K})

## Abstract

In an example, a communication cable may include a first conductive cable wrapped in a fabric sheath, and a second conductive cable, also wrapped in a conductive sheath. Further, the communication cable may also include a breakable adhesive bonding the fabric sheath of the first conductive cable to the fabric sheath of the second conductive cable.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communication cable, comprising:
a first conductive cable wrapped in a fabric sheath;
a second conductive cable wrapped in a fabric sheath; and
a breakable adhesive bonding the fabric sheath of the first conductive cable to the fabric sheath of the second conductive cable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The communication cable of claim 1, wherein the breakable adhesive is to break upon a splitting force of about 0.2 Newtons (N) being applied between the first conductive cable and the second conductive cable.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The communication cable of claim 1, wherein the breakable adhesive comprises an array of adhesive drops disposed along a length of the first conductive cable and the second conductive cable.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The communication cable of claim 3, wherein the array of adhesive drops has a spacing of about 3 millimeters (mm) between adjacent adhesive drops.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The communication cable of claim 3, wherein each adhesive drop of the array of adhesive drops has a mass of about 0.02 grams (g) to about 0.04 g.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The communication cable of claim 1, wherein the breakable adhesive is to have a permeation of less than about 20% into the fabric sheath of the first conductive cable and the second conductive cable.

### Claim 7

A communication cable, comprising:
a first conductive cable wrapped in a fabric sheath and having a first end and a second end, opposite the first end;
a second conductive cable wrapped in a fabric sheath and having a first end and a second end, opposite the first end;
a combined connector communicatively engaged with the first ends of the first and second conductive cables;
a first separate connector communicatively engaged with the second end of the first conductive cable;
a second separate connector communicatively engaged with the second end of the second conductive cable; and
a breakable adhesive bonding the fabric sheath of the first conductive cable to the fabric sheath of the second conductive cable.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The communication cable of claim 7, wherein the breakable adhesive comprises an array of adhesive drops disposed along a length of the first conductive cable and the second conductive cable in between the combined connector and the first and second separate connectors.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The communication cable of claim 8, wherein each adhesive drop of the array of adhesive drops is separately breakable from the other adhesive drops of the array of adhesive drops.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The communication cable of claim 7, further comprising a strain relief movable along the length of the first and second conductive cables.

### Claim 11

A method of fabricating a communication cable, comprising:
providing a first conductive cable and a second conductive cable aligned with the first conductive cable, each of the first and second conductive cables having a fabric sheath; and
depositing an array of adhesive drops along a length of the first and second conductive cables, bonding the fabric sheaths of the first and second conductive cables to one another.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the depositing further comprises depositing the array of adhesive drops with a spacing about 3 millimeters (mm) between adjacent adhesive drops.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the depositing further comprises depositing the array of adhesive drops with an array of application pins.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the depositing further comprises depositing the array of adhesive drops, wherein each adhesive drop has a mass of about 0.020 grams (g).

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising curing the array of adhesive drops using ultraviolet (UV) light.