US4634805A
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Conductive cable or fabric
Assignee: Fiber Materials Inc
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Filing: 1985-05-02
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Granted: 1987-01-06
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Expires: 2005-05-02
Abstract
Abstract A conductive cable made up of a plurality of polyaramid elements referred to as tows, which are woven, twisted, or braided together, in which each of said tows comprises a large number of individual fine filaments (usually about 1,000 or so) with each of the individual filaments being coated with an adherent metal coating such as copper, nickel, silver, zinc, cadmium, platinum, iron, cobalt, chromium, tin, lead, rhodium, ruthenium, and indium in single or multiple layers so as to provide strength and good electrical conductivity. Woven polyaramid fabric is also disclosed with the individual filaments in each element or tow of the fabric having been treated in the same manner. Methods of making such a cable or woven fabric are also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Ralph F. Orban
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:47
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B13/00; H01B13/0026; D; D06; D06M; D06M11/00; D06M11/83; H01B7/00; H01B7/0009; H01B7/04; H01B7/043; D07; D07B; D07B1/00; D07B1/14; D07B1/147; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/294; Y10T428/2942; Y10T428/2944; Y10T428/2964; Y10T428/2967
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
44 words
A conductive cable comprising a plurality of polyaramid tows, each of said tows comprising a multiplicity of individual filaments in substantially straight parallel untwisted relationship to each other, each of said filaments being coated with an adherent metal coating, said tows being combined together.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
44 words
A conductive cable comprising a plurality of polyaramid tows, each of said tows comprising a multiplicity of individual filaments in substantially straight parallel untwisted relationship to each other, each of said filaments being coated with an adherent metal coating, said tows being combined together.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The cable of claim 1 wherein said metal forming said coating is selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, gold, palladium, and cobalt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The cable of claim 2 wherein said metal coating comprises a plurality of layers of metal, all layers consisting of the same metal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The cable of claim 1 wherein said adherent metal coating comprises a first coating on each of said filaments selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, gold, palladium, and cobalt and a second metal coating on said first coating selected from the group consisting of copper, nickel, silver, zinc, cadmium, platinum, iron, cobalt, chromium, tin, lead, rhodium, ruthenium, and indium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The cable of claim 2 wherein said adherent metal coating comprises a first coating of copper, a second coating of copper over said first coating of copper, and a coating of nickel over said second coating of copper.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The conductive cable of claim 1 wherein said tows are braided together.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The conductive cable of claim 1 wherein said tows are twisted together.
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