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Thin coaxial cable and method for its manufacture
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 2003-02-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2023-02-25
Abstract
Abstract A thin coaxial cable is provided comprising an inner conductor; an outer conductor being an electroplated conductive metal layer; a thin electrically insulating layer made of a polymeric enamel resin or of glass of at most approximately 15 μm thickness separating said inner and said outer conductor; said insulating glass or polymeric enamel resin layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer material or said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer is coated with a layer of ABS resin, and an electroless plated metal layer is deposited between said primer or ABS resin layer and said electroplated conductive metal layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel Livshitz
- 👤 Gabriel Livshitz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:47
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B11/00; H01B11/18; H01B11/1834; H01B11/1895
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 36
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
1 . A thin coaxial cable comprising: an inner conductor; an outer conductor, being an electroplated conductive metal layer; a thin electrically insulating layer made of a polymeric enamel resin of at most approximately 15 μm thickness separating said inner and said outer conductor; and said polymeric enamel resin insulating layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer or of ABS resin, and an electroless plated metal layer is deposited between said primer or ABS resin layer and said electroplated conductive metal layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
1 . A thin coaxial cable comprising: an inner conductor; an outer conductor, being an electroplated conductive metal layer; a thin electrically insulating layer made of a polymeric enamel resin of at most approximately 15 μm thickness separating said inner and said outer conductor; and said polymeric enamel resin insulating layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer or of ABS resin, and an electroless plated metal layer is deposited between said primer or ABS resin layer and said electroplated conductive metal layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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2 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
3 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer is coated with a layer of ABS resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
4 . A thin coaxial cable comprising: an inner conductor; an outer conductor, being an electroplated conductive metal layer; a thin electrically insulating layer made of glass of at most approximately 15 μm thickness separating said inner and said outer conductor; and said insulating glass layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer, and an electroless plated metal layer is deposited between said primer layer and said electroplated conductive metal layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
4 . A thin coaxial cable comprising: an inner conductor; an outer conductor, being an electroplated conductive metal layer; a thin electrically insulating layer made of glass of at most approximately 15 μm thickness separating said inner and said outer conductor; and said insulating glass layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer, and an electroless plated metal layer is deposited between said primer layer and said electroplated conductive metal layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
63 words
5 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said inner conductor is a single wire or litz wires made of a conductor selected from the group consisting of copper, steel, tin, silver, gold and combinations thereof, and said single wire or each wire of the litz wires is at most approximately 60, preferably 40, more preferably 35 μm thick.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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6 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 5 wherein said single wire or each wire of the litz wires is at least approximately 2, preferably 5, more preferably approximately 20-25 μm thick.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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7 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 6 wherein said inner conductor is a single copper wire or litz copper wires and said single copper wire or each wire of the copper litz wires is approximately 25 to 35 μm thick.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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8 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 4 wherein said glass-insulated inner conductor is a single wire or litz wires made of a conductor selected from the group consisting of copper, steel, tin, silver, gold and combinations thereof, and said single wire or each wire of the litz wires is at most approximately 40 μm thick.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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9 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 8 wherein said single wire or each wire of the litz wires is approximately 2 to 40 μm thick.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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10 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 9 wherein said inner conductor is a single copper wire or litz copper wires and said single copper wire or each wire of the litz copper wires is approximately 2 to 20 μm thick.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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11 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said outer conductor is an electroplated conductive metal layer, said conductive metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, nickel, gold and combinations thereof, and said electroplated conductive metal layer is approximately 2 to 20 μm thick.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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12 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 11 wherein said outer conductor is an electroplated conductive copper layer that is approximately 5 to 10 μm thick.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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13 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 4 wherein said outer conductor is an electroplated conductive metal layer, said conductive metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, nickel, gold and combinations thereof, and said electroplated conductive metal layer is approximately 2 to 20 μm thick.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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14 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 13 wherein said outer conductor is an electroplated conductive copper layer that is approximately 5 to 10 μm thick.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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15 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said insulating layer is approximately 5 to 15 μm thick and is made of a polymeric enamel resin selected from the group consisting of polyesterimides, polyamideimides, polyurethanes and polyesters.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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16 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 15 wherein said polymeric enamel resin is a polyesterimide.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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17 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 15 wherein said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer based on one or more isocyanates and containing carbon black pigment.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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18 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 17 wherein said primer layer is approximately 2 to 10, preferably 3 to 8 μm thick.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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19 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 17 wherein said one or more isocyanates are selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyisocyanate, aromatic polyisocyanate, monomeric isocyanate, tris(p-isocyanatophenyl)thiophosphate, diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), hexamethylene diisocianate (HDI), 2,4-toluene diisocianate, and their combinations.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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20 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer is coated with an ABS resin layer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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21 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 4 wherein said insulating glass layer is approximately 2 to 15 μm thick.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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22 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 21 wherein said insulating glass layer is coated with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer based on one or more isocyanates and containing carbon black pigment.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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23 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 22 wherein said primer layer is approximately 2 to 10 μm thick.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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24 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 22 wherein said one or more isocyanates are selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyisocyanate, aromatic polyisocyanate, monomeric isocyanate, tris(p-isocyanatophenyl)thiophosphate, diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), hexamethylene diisocianate (HDI), 2,4-toluene diisocianate and their combinations.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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25 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 wherein said electroless plated metal layer is made of copper and/or nickel and is approximately 0.25 to 3 μm thick.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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26 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 4 wherein said electroless plated metal layer is made of copper and/or nickel and is approximately 0.25 to 3 μm thick.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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27 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a protective lacquer layer surrounding said outer conductor layer.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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28 . A thin coaxial cable as claimed in claim 4 further comprising a protective lacquer layer surrounding said outer conductor layer.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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29 . A method of manufacturing a coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 , comprising: (i) providing an inner conductor which is a single wire or litz wires; (ii) insulating said inner conductor with an electrically insulating layer of at most approximately 15 μm thickness of a dielectric material consisting of a polymeric enamel resin; (iii) coating said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer material; (iv) drying said layer of (iii) to provide a very thin adherent film; (v) submitting the dry film of (iv) to a mild etching treatment; (vi) depositing a metal layer by electroless plating over said etched primer layer of (v); and (vii) electroplating a conductive metal outer layer on the electroless plated metal layer obtained in (vi).
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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30 . A method as claimed in claim 29 further comprising coating said conductive metal outer layer with a protective lacquer layer.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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31 . A method of manufacturing a coaxial cable as claimed in claim 1 , comprising: (i) providing an inner conductor which is a single wire or litz wires; (ii) insulating said inner conductor with an electrically insulating layer of at most approximately 15 μm thickness of a dielectric material consisting of a polymeric enamel resin; (iii) coating said insulating polymeric enamel resin layer with a layer of an ABS resin; (iv) drying said layer of (iii) to provide a very thin adherent film; (v) submitting the dry film of (iv) to a mild etching treatment; (vi) depositing a metal layer by electroless plating over said etched ABS resin layer of (v); and (vii) electroplating a conductive metal outer layer on the electroless plated metal layer obtained in (vi).
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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32 . A method as claimed in claim 30 further comprising coating said conductive metal outer layer with a protective lacquer layer.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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33 . A method of manufacturing a coaxial cable as claimed in claim 4 , comprising: (i) providing an inner conductor which is a single or a litz wire; (ii) insulating said inner conductor with an electrically insulating layer of at most approximately 15 μm thickness of a dielectric material consisting of glass; (iii) coating said insulating glass layer with a layer of an adhesion promoting primer material; (iv) drying said layer of (iii) to provide a very thin adherent film of said primer layer; (v) submitting the dry film of said primer layer obtained in (iv) to a mild etching procedure; (vi) depositing a metal layer by electroless plating over said etched primer layer obtained in (v); and (vii) electroplating a conductive metal outer layer on the electroless plated metal layer obtained in (vi).
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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34 . A method as claimed in claim 33 further comprising coating said conductive metal outer layer with a protective lacquer layer.
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