Patent ID: 6610932
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
A communication cable, comprising in combination:a first end and a second end; a conductor communicating said first end with said second end; a dielectric insulator circumscribing said conductor and including an exterior surface; a braided conductor circumscribing said insulator, said braided conductor formed from a plurality of braided strands having interstices therebetween; a plurality of impregnated axially spaced apart lengths of said braided conductor comprised of sealing composition filling said interstices of said braided conductor along said impregnated axially spaced apart lengths of said braided conductor for precluding fluid wicking along said impregnated axially spaced apart lengths of said braided conductor; a non-impregnated axially extending length of said braided conductor interposed between two of said plurality of impregnated axially spaced apart lengths of said braided conductor that are consecutive; said non-impregnated axially extending length of said braided conductor having interstices substantially devoid of said sealing composition such that a cut length of said cable formed by cutting between said two of said plurality of impregnated axially spaced apart lengths includes at least one of said plurality of impregnated axially spaced apart lengths for precluding fluid wicking and includes a cut end that falls on said non-impregnated axially extending length of said braided conductor having interstices adjacent said cut end substantially devoid of said sealing composition for providing an axial length of said braided conductor adjacent said cut end of said cable that retains its original electrical connectivity for electrically coupling to a transducer without having to remove sealing composition.