Patent ID: 6766578
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a ribbon cable having precisely aligned wires, comprising:a) providing a set of insulated wires, each having a predetermined outer radius; b) paying out said insulated wires in a predetermined arrangement and drawing said insulated wires so that they contact and proceed past at least one heated grooved roller, while maintaining said wires at a constant tension; c) warming said insulated wires sufficiently for said insulation to become soft and adhesive; d) gently pressing said insulated wires together so that they adhere to one another; and e) allowing said insulated wires, now melt together to from a ribbon cable having wires accurately and consistently aligned at a center-to-center distance between neighboring wires of slightly less than twice said predetermined outer radius, to cool.