Patent ID: 7709740

Claim:
A cable comprising: a conductor core; and an insulative wall, the insulative wall having a thickness of from about 0.10 mm to about 0.44 mm, wherein when the cable is tested using the Thin Insulative Wall Flame Propagation Test, a combustion flame of the insulative wall extinguishes within 70 seconds and a minimum of 50 mm of insulative wall at a top of a test sample remains unburned, and wherein at least 20% by weight of the total composition of the insulative wall is a polyamide comprising a repeating unit of amino caproic acid or A-D, wherein A is a residue of a dicarboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of adipic acid, isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, rescorcinol dicarboxylic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, and mixtures thereof, and wherein D is a residue of a diamine selected from the group consisting of m-xylylene diamine, p-xylylene diamine, hexamethylene diamine, ethylene diamine, or 1,4 cyclohexanedimethylamine, and mixtures thereof.