Patent ID: 9324472
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: D06M,H01B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A conductive wire, comprising: (a) a central member comprising a multifilament fiber bundle, the multifilament fiber bundle comprising a plurality of individual conductive metallized fibers and at least one non-metallized fiber; (b) a peripheral member surrounding the central member, the peripheral member comprising a plurality of conductors, the plurality of conductors comprising at least one conductive metal filament and at least one conductive metallized fiber, wherein: the conductive metallized fibers of the central member and the peripheral member comprise individual wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polymer fibers of a polyester each coated with a metal coating that covers greater than 90% of a fiber surface area of each individual wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polymer fiber, the polyester consisting essentially of repeating units of (I) and (II): the at least one conductive metal filament of the peripheral member is a filament of a conductive material selected from copper, silver, aluminum, nickel, gold, or composites or alloys thereof.