Patent ID: 6293005
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for making a communication cable for precluding fluid wicking, the steps including:utilizing a center conductor;circumscribing the center conductor with a dielectric;etching an exterior surface of the dielectric;circumscribing the dielectric with a braided conductor comprised of a plurality of braided strands having interstices therebetween;impregnating the braided conductor with a liquid sealing composition for forming an axially extending zone of sealing composition ensconcing and filling in an axial length of the interstices and radially extending to an area of tangency between the braided conductor and the etched exterior surface of the dielectric for bonding thereto;extruding an imperforate inner jacket over the braided conductor and the axially extending zone of sealing composition while both the axially extending zone of sealing composition and the inner jacket are both in a fluidic state for enhancing the bonding between an interior surface of the inner jacket and the radially and axially extending zone of sealing composition for filling in an axially extending area of tangency between the braided conductor and the axially imperforate inner jacket;curing the cable wherein the axially extending zone of sealing composition precludes fluid wicking along the braided conductor.