Gas blocking cable and method of manufacturing
AssigneeTE Wire & Cable LLC
InventorsMathew J. Nadakal, Gregory J. Smith
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Abstract
A gas blocking cable includes cabled wires, where each wire includes cabled conductors having interstitial areas there between. An insulation material circumferentially surrounds the cabled conductors and a conductor filling material is positioned within the interstitial areas between conductors. A shield circumferentially surrounds the cabled wires so that a cable is formed with areas between the wires. A wire filling material is positioned within the areas between the wires. Each of the conductor filling material and wire filling material is inert, non-flammable and able to withstand a temperature of at least approximately 200° C.
Claims10
A gas blocking cable comprising;
- a) a plurality of wires, each wire including
- i. a plurality of conductors having a first space there between;
- ii. an insulation material circumferentially surrounding the plurality of conductors;
- iii. a conductor filling material positioned within the first space between the plurality of conductors;
- b) a shield circumferentially surrounding the plurality of wires so that a cable is formed with a second space between the plurality of wires;
- c) a wire filling material positioned within the second space between the plurality of wires;
- d) a jacket extruded and circumferentially surrounding the shield with a jacket filling material positioned between a third space between the shield and the jacket;
- and
- e) a high temperature fiberglass braid circumferentially surrounding the jacket,
- wherein each of the conductor filling material, the wire filling material, and the jacket filling material is inert, non-flammable and able to withstand a temperature of at least approximately 200° C., and further wherein the gas blocking cable blocks a passage of a high pressure gas or a high pressure fluid through the first space, the second space, and the third space to prevent the passage of the high pressure gas or the high pressure fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.