Patent ID: 7681305

Claim:
A method of making an ignition wire ( 10 ), comprising the steps of: forming a conductive core ( 12 ); forming an insulation layer ( 14 ) so as to surround the conductive core ( 12 ); providing a strengthening member ( 16 ) of braided fibers so as to surround the insulation layer ( 14 ); forming an insulating jacket ( 18 ) so as to surround the strengthening member ( 16 ), the insulating jacket ( 18 ) having an outer surface ( 20 ); forming a coating layer ( 24 ) so as to surround at least a portion of the outer surface ( 20 ) of the insulating jacket ( 18 ); and grafting and chemically bonding the coating layer ( 24 ) to the outer surface ( 20 ) of the insulating jacket ( 18 ) so that covalent bonds develop between their respective atoms.