Multiwire cable

Claim 2

An electrical cable comprising: a multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having two opposite sides and having at least two of the wires therein; a woven mesh securing together all of the wires in the stack, the mesh extending through each layer and extending in serpentine fashion from layer to layer; and a conductive shield extending about the stack of insulated electrical wires, the shield extending along the opposite sides of each layer by extending in serpentine fashion between each adjacent pair of layers in the stack.

Claim 3

An electrical cable according to claim 1 further comprising: a second multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having two opposite sides and having a plurality of wires therein, the second stack being disposed in opposed side-by-side relationship to the first mentioned stack; a second woven mesh securing together all of the wires of the second stack, the second woven mesh extending through each layer and extending in serpentine fashion from layer to layer in the second stack; a conductive shield extending about the insulated electrical wires in the second stack, the conductive shield extending along the opposite sides of each layer by extending in serpentine fashion between each adjacent pair of layers in the second stack; a conductive shield disposed between the first mentioned and second stacks; and a binding securing the first mentioned and second stacks in side-by-side relationship to one another.

Claim 4

An electrical cable according to claim 1 further comprising means circumscribing the stack for binding the stack into a single cohesive unit.

Claim 5

An electrical cable comprising: A multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having at least two of the wires therein; a woven mesh securing together all of the wires in the stack, the mesh extending through each layer and extending in serpentine fashion from layer to layer; and a conductive shield disposed between each adjacent pair of layers, the shield comprising a single unitary piece of flexible conductive material wrapped completely about the stack of electrical wires, the shield being folded with each layer to provide a portion which extends between each pair of adjacent layers.

Claim 6

An electrical cable comprising: A multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having at least two of the wires therein; a woven mesh securing together all of the wires in the stack, the mesh extending through each layer and extending in serpentine fashion from layer to layer; and a conductive shield disposed between each adjacent pair of layers, the shield comprising a single unitary piece of flexible conductive material wrapped completely about the stack of electrical wires, the shield being folded with each layer to provide a portion which extends between each pair of adjacent layers.

Claim 7

An electrical cable according to claim 4 wherein the shield comprises a sheet of copper foil.

Claim 8

An electrical cable according to claim 4 further comprising a bonding agent disposed to secure a trough of each fold of the conductive shield between layers to the woven mesh.

Claim 9

An electrical cable according to claim 6 wherein said bonding agent is a conductive bonding agent.

Claim 10

An electrical cable according to claim 6 further comprising successive layers of insulation, conductive shielding and insulation extending about the stack and forming an outer cladding for the cable.

Claim 11

An electrical cable comprising: a multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having at least two of the wires therein; a woven mesh securing together all of the wires in the stack, the mesh extending through each layer and extending in serpentine fashion from layer to layer; a conductive shield disposed between each adjacent pair of layers; a second multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having a plurality of wires therein the second stack being disposed in opposed side-by-side relationship to the first mentioned stack; a second woven mesh securing together all of the wires of the second stack; a conductive shield disposed between each adjacent pair of layers of the second stack; a conductive shield disposed between the first mentioned and second stacks; and a binding securing the first mentioned and second stacks in side-by-side relationship to one another.

Claim 12

An electrical cable comprising: a multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having at least two of the wires therein; a woven mesh securing together all of the wires in the stack, the mesh extending through each layer and extending in serpentine fashion from layer to layer; a conductive shield disposed between each adjacent pair of layers; a second multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having a plurality of wires therein the second stack being disposed in opposed side-by-side relationship to the first mentioned stack; a second woven mesh securing together all of the wires of the second stack; a conductive shield disposed between each adjacent pair of layers of the second stack; a conductive shield disposed between the first mentioned and second stacks; and a binding securing the first mentioned and second stacks in side-by-side relationship to one another.

Claim 13

An electrical cable according to claim 9 wherein the binding comprises successive layers of insulation, conductive shielding and insulation.

Claim 14

An electrical cable comprising: a plurality of electrical conductor wire pairs, each wire including a center conductor surrounded by insulation, the wires being woven into multiwire cable having a greater spacing between adjacent wires in different adjacent pairs than between adjacent wires in the same pair; a conductive foil shield enclosing the cable and extending in close proximity to the wire pairs on two sides thereof; the cable and conductive shield being folded along fold lines extending between adjacent wire pairs to provide a columnated stack of wire pairs with the conductive foil shield being folded together with the conductor wire pairs to provide conductive shielding between and around each adjacent pair of wires in the cable.

Claim 15

An electrical cable comprising: a plurality of electrical conductor wire pairs, each wire including a center conductor surrounded by insulation, the wires being woven into multiwire cable having a greater spacing between adjacent wires in different adjacent pairs than between adjacent wires in the same pair; a conductive foil shield enclosing the cable and extending in close proximity to the wire pairs on two sides thereof; the cable and conductive shield being folded along fold lines extending between adjacent wire pairs to provide a columnated stack of wire pairs with the conductive foil shield being folded together with the conductor wire pairs to provide conductive shielding between and around each adjacent pair of wires in the cable.

Claim 16

An electrical cable comprising: a stack of electrically insulated electrical wire pairs; a woven mesh securing the wires of the stack together to form a cable, the woven mesh securing together the individual wires of each wire pair and extending in serpentine fashion between wire pairs to secure each wire pair to all adjacent wire pairs; and a continuous conductive foil wrapped about the pairs of wires in the stack, the foil extending between each two adjacent wire pairs to provide electrical isolation of each wire pair from any other immediately adjacent wire pair in the stack.

Claim 17

An electrical cable comprising: a stack of electrically insulated electrical wire pairs; a woven mesh securing the wires of the stack together to form a cable, the woven mesh securing together the individual wires of each wire pair and extending in serpentine fashion between wire pairs to secure each wire pair to all adjacent wire pairs; and a continuous conductive foil wrapped about the pairs of wires in the stack, the foil extending between each two adjacent wire pairs to provide electrical isolation of each wire pair from any other immediately adjacent wire pair in the stack.

Claim 18

An electrical cable comprising: a stack of electrically insulated electrical wire pairs; a woven mesh securing the wires of the stack together to form a cable, the woven mesh securing together the individual wires of each wire pair and extending in serpentine fashion between wire pairs to secure all of the wire pairs into a single, continuous cable; and a conductive foil wrapped about the pairs of wires in the stack, the foil extending between each two adjacent wire pairs to provide electrical isolation of each wire pair from any other immediately adjacent wire pair in the stack; and a conductive bonding agent securing the conductive foil to the woven mesh at an extremity of the extent of the foil between each two adjacent wire pairs.

Claim 19

An electrical cable comprising: a stack of electrically insulated electrical wire pairs; a woven mesh securing the wires of the stack together to form a cable, the woven mesh securing together the individual wires of each wire pair and extending in serpentine fashion between wire pairs to secure all of the wire pairs into a single, continuous cable; and a conductive foil wrapped about the pairs of wires in the stack, the foil extending between each two adjacent wire pairs to provide electrical isolation of each wire pair from any other immediately adjacent wire pair in the stack; and a conductive bonding agent securing the conductive foil to the woven mesh at an extremity of the extent of the foil between each two adjacent wire pairs.

Claim 20

An electrical cable comprising: a multilayer stack of electrically insulated electrically conductive wires each layer having a plurality of the wires therein, the conductive wires being woven together by a woven mesh that extends through each separate layer in serpentine fashion to secure an edge of each layer to an edge of an adjacent layer; and an electrically conductive foil wrapped about the stack of wires and extending continuously in serpentine fashion between adjacent layers to provide electrical isolation between each occurrence of two adjacent layers.

Claim 21

An electrical cable comprising: a multilayer stack of electrically insulated electrically conductive wires each layer having a plurality of the wires therein, the conductive wires being woven together by a woven mesh that extends through each separate layer in serpentine fashion to secure an edge of each layer to an edge of an adjacent layer; and an electrically conductive foil wrapped about the stack of wires and extending continuously in serpentine fashion between adjacent layers to provide electrical isolation between each occurrence of two adjacent layers.

Claim 22

An electrical cable according to claim 14 further comprising a cladding extending about the stack.

Claim 23

An electrical cable comprising; a multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having a plurality of the wires arranged in a plane; a fabric mesh interwoven with the electrical wires and securing the wires in positional relationship to each other, the fabric extending through each layer and in serpentine fashion from one layer to a next adjacent layer; and a flexible conductive shield extending about the stack of wires with a portion of the shield extending in continuous serpentine fashion between each adjacent pair of layers to electrically shield each layer from any adjacent layer.

Claim 24

An electrical cable comprising; a multilayer stack of insulated electrical wires, each layer having a plurality of the wires arranged in a plane; a fabric mesh interwoven with the electrical wires and securing the wires in positional relationship to each other, the fabric extending through each layer and in serpentine fashion from one layer to a next adjacent layer; and a flexible conductive shield extending about the stack of wires with a portion of the shield extending in continuous serpentine fashion between each adjacent pair of layers to electrically shield each layer from any adjacent layer.

Claim 27

A method of manufacturing according to claim 17 further comprising the step of cladding the multilayer stack with at least one layer of protective material.

Claim 28

A method of manufacturing according to claim 17 further comprising the step of peripherally binding the stack to form a cohesive unit.

Claim 29

A method of manufacturing according to claim 17 further comprising the step of cladding the stack with successive layers comprising insulation, conductive shielding and insulation.