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US 6,766,578 B1Granted
Method for manufacturing ribbon cable having precisely aligned wires
AssigneeAdvanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
InventorsJohn Swanson, James Pylant, Ky Huynh
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a ribbon cable, comprising providing a set of insulated wires and aligning said insulated wires in a predetermined arrangement. The insulated wires are warmed sufficiently for said insulation to be become soft and adhesive, are pressed together so that they adhere to one another and allowed to cool, to form a ribbon cable.
Claims9
A method of manufacturing a ribbon cable having precisely aligned wires, comprising:
- a) providing a set of insulated wires, each having a predetermined outer radius;
- b) paying out said insulated wires in a predetermined arrangement and drawing said insulated wires so that they contact and proceed past at least one heated grooved roller, while maintaining said wires at a constant tension;
- c) warming said insulated wires sufficiently for said insulation to become soft and adhesive;
- d) gently pressing said insulated wires together so that they adhere to one another;
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- e) allowing said insulated wires, now melt together to from a ribbon cable having wires accurately and consistently aligned at a center-to-center distance between neighboring wires of slightly less than twice said predetermined outer radius, to cool.
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