Patent ID: 9659680
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,H01B,H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. An electrical transmission cable core, wherein the core extends in a longitudinal direction and comprises: at least one rod that contains a continuous fiber component comprising a plurality of consolidated thermoplastic impregnated rovings, the rovings containing continuous carbon fibers oriented in the longitudinal direction and a thermoplastic matrix that embeds the fibers, wherein the continuous carbon fibers constitute from about 25 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of the rod and the thermoplastic matrix constitutes from about 20 wt. % to about 75 wt. % of the rod; and a capping layer surrounding the continuous fiber component, wherein the capping layer has about 1 wt. % or less of continuous carbon fibers; wherein the rod has a minimum flexural modulus of about 10 Gigapascals, and wherein the rod has a tensile modulus of elasticity of about 50 Gigapascals or more.