Patent ID: 6737574
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
A detectable woven tape for use with a cable, the tape comprising:a plurality of elongated warp yarns grouped into a plurality of substantially parallel bundles, each bundle including a certain number of warp yarns; three or more elongated metallic conductors, each metallic conductor being substantially parallel to and adjacent the bundles of warp yarns, and arranged between a pair of adjacent bundles of warp yarns; a plurality of elongated weft yarns extending across the bundles and the metallic conductors, each weft yarn being interlaced with each warp yarn and each metallic conductor; and at least one elongated fixing yarn arranged substantially perpendicular to the weft yarns and longitudinally interlaced with a portion of each weft yarn disposed at an outermost edge of the tape such that the fixing yarn interlaced with the portions of the weft yarns define a first edge of the tape.