Patent ID: 9449738
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H01B

Claim Text:
1. A shielded electrical ribbon cable, comprising: a plurality of conductor sets extending lengthwise along the cable and being spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable, each conductor set including a pair of twisted insulated conductors; and first and second shielding films disposed on opposite sides of the cable, the first and second films including cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the first and second films in combination substantially surround each conductor set, and the pinched portions of the first and second films in combination form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor set; wherein, for each pair of adjacent conductor sets, a minimum center-to-center spacing between an insulated conductor of one conductor set and an insulated conductor of the other conductor set along the length of the cable is S, a minimum outer dimension of the insulated conductors of the pair of adjacent conductor sets is Dmin, S/Dmin being in a range from 1.7 to 2.