Patent ID: 11948706
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. The ribbon cable of claim 1, further comprising a second insulative layer disposed on and substantially co-extensive with the first insulative layer and comprising opposing top and bottom major surfaces, the bottom major surface of the second insulative layer facing the top major surface of the first insulative layer, the second insulative layer defining a plurality of spaced apart cavities therein extending between the top and bottom major surfaces of the second insulative layer, the bottom major surface of the second insulative layer deformed in a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel regions extending along the length, and arranged along the width, of the ribbon cable, corresponding deformed regions of the first and second insulative layers aligned and registered with each other, each deformed region of the second insulative layer having a shape of a groove and comprising a deformed portion of at least one cavity in the plurality of spaced apart cavities; and
each conductor in the plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel conductors disposed in corresponding deformed regions of the first and second insulative layers.