Patent ID: 8981216
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly comprising: elongated conductors configured to communicate a signal; a primary dielectric layer circumferentially disposed around each of the conductors; a secondary dielectric layer surrounding the primary dielectric layers; a conductive shield layer disposed around the secondary dielectric layer; and a drain wire provided outside of the conductive shield layer and electrically coupled with the conductive shield layer, wherein the conductive shield layer is configured to communicate electromagnetic interference to an electric ground reference via the drain wire; and a protective jacket that surrounds and encloses the drain wire and the conductive shield layer, the jacket directly engaging the drain wire and the conductive shield layer and holding the drain wire against the conductive shield layer; wherein the elongated conductors and the primary dielectric layers form insulated conductors, the secondary dielectric layer defining a channel that is dimensioned such that only a single pair of said insulated conductors is capable of being located within the channel, the insulated conductors of said single pair being twisted about each other within the conductive shield layer; and wherein the conductive shield layer has opposite longitudinal edges and opposite end edges, the longitudinal edges extending along a length of the conductive shield layer between the end edges, the end edges extending along a width of the conductive shield layer between the longitudinal edges, the conductive shield layer being disposed around the secondary dielectric layer to form a tube shaped sheath, wherein each of the end edges encircles the secondary dielectric layer when the sheath is formed and the longitudinal edges are coupled to each other to define a seam when the sheath is formed, wherein the elongated conductors, the primary dielectric layers, the secondary dielectric layer, and the sheath are twisted around a central longitudinal axis of the cable assembly so that the seam extends along a path that helically wraps around the longitudinal axis.