Patent ID: 9545743
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,H01B,H02G

Claim:
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 in at least one cross-sectional segment of said continuous electrically insulating layer that is substantially concentric with at least one wire and 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 separating said wires from one another and simultaneously separating the insulating layer from said wire, without the use of a secondary operation.