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US 7,622,680 B2Granted
Cable jacket with internal splines
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsMichael Wayne Bricker, Richard Walter Speer
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Abstract
A cable includes a round core having at least one twisted pair of insulated wires. A jacket surrounds the core, and the jacket includes at least one spline projecting inward from an inner surface of the jacket, wherein at least a portion of the twisted pair is positioned between the spline and a center of the core. The spline extends continuously on the inner surface of the jacket along a longitudinal axis of the core.
Claims22
A cable comprising:
- a core comprising at least one twisted pair of insulated wires;
- and
- a jacket surrounding said core, said jacket comprising at least one spline projecting inward from an inner surface of said jacket, wherein at least a portion of said twisted pair is positioned between said spline and a center of said core, wherein said at least one spline is in contact with said twisted pair to prevent relative movement of said jacket with respect to said twisted pair.
A cable comprising:
- a core comprising a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated wires;
- and
- a jacket surrounding said core, said jacket comprising a round inner suffice and at least one spline projecting inward from said inner surface, wherein said at least one spline is in contact with at least one of said twisted pairs to prevent relative movement of said jacket with respect to said at least one said twisted pairs without separating one of said plurality of twisted pairs from another of said plurality of twisted pairs.
A cable comprising:
- a core comprising a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated wires;
- and
- a jacket surrounding said core, said jacket comprising an inner surface and a plurality of splines projecting inward from said inner surface, wherein said plurality of splines are in contact with said plurality of twisted pairs to prevent relative movement of said jacket with respect to said plurality of twisted pairs without separating said plurality of twisted pairs from one another.
The cable of c1aim 20, wherein said plurality of splines are equally spaced about said core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.