Stranded electrical wire for use with IDC
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorFriedrich Josef Alois Kourimsky
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Abstract
A multi-stranded electrical conducting wire has conducting strands surrounded by an insulative jacket. The strands have serrations around the circumference thereof to inhibit slipping movement between adjacent strands. This is particularly advantageous when used with IDC contacts whereby the reduced slipping increases the contact pressure and therefore electrical conductivity of the connection, in particular for connections subject to vibration or thermal contraction and expansion movements.
Claims5
Stranded electrical wire for use with insulation displacing contacts, comprising a plurality of longitudinal filiform conducting strands substantially held together, each strand comprising an outer surface in contact with adjacent strands, characterized in that the outer surface comprises serrations extending longitudinally therealong to reduce slipping movement between the adjacent strands in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strands.
The wire of any preceding claim characterized in that the plurality of serrations are substantially identical in cross-sectional profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.