Patent ID: 9373898
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A cable having external wires affixed thereto, comprising: an inner cable having a jacket that shields said inner cable from the ambient environment, said jacket having an embossable outer surface; a plurality of conductive wires disposed on said outer surface of said jacket; a hollow, cylindrical inner ring disposed between said outer surface of said jacket and said conductive wires and encompassing said inner cable, said inner ring having an inner surface having a cross-hatched grooved pattern in contact with and embossing said outer surface of said jacket without piercing said jacket; a hollow, cylindrical outer ring encompassing said wires, said inner ring, and said inner cable; wherein said outer ring and said inner ring are swaged to compress and hold said wires and said inner cable in a fixed relative position.