Patent ID: 7093416

Claim:
A cable, comprising: a longitudinal core having a thermal expansion coefficient and comprising at least one of aramid, ceramic, boron, poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole), graphite, carbon, titanium, tungsten, or shape memory alloy; and a plurality of wires collectively having a thermal expansion coefficient greater than the thermal expansion coefficient of the core, wherein the plurality of wires comprise at least one of aluminum wires, copper wires, aluminum alloy wires, or copper alloy wires, and wherein the plurality of wires are stranded around the core, wherein the cable has a stress parameter not greater than 5 MPa, with the proviso that if the longitudinal core comprises metal matrix composite wire, the core separately comprises at least one of aramid, ceramic, boron, poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole), graphite, carbon, titanium, tungsten, or shape memory alloy.