READILY STRIPPABLE CABLE

摘要

A readily-strippable cable is herein described having at least two wires encapsulated by a continuous electrically insulating layer wherein each encapsulated wire is connected to an adjacent wire by a relatively thinner portion of the insulating layer, the insulating layer having at least one relatively weak portion per encapsulated wire that extends along the length of the cable and is substantially uniform in position and strength along the length of the cable; and wherein the weak portion is configured to allow the insulating layer to split along the relatively weak portion and down the length of the cable upon separation of the encapsulated wires by application of force against the relatively thinner portion of insulating layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the cable, thereby exposing the wire without the use of a secondary operation.

主权项

1. A readily-strippable cable comprising:
at least two wires encapsulated by a continuous electrically insulating layer wherein each encapsulated wire is connected to an adjacent wire by a relatively thinner portion of said insulating layer, said insulating layer having at least one relatively weak portion per encapsulated wire that extends along the length of the cable and is substantially uniform in position and strength along the length of said cable; and wherein said weak portion is configured to allow the insulating layer to split along the relatively weak portion and down the length of said cable upon separation of encapsulated wires by application of force against said relatively thinner portion of insulating layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of said cable, thereby exposing said wire without the use of a secondary operation.