Patent ID: 7637776

Claim:
A shielding separator for inclusion in a communication cabling, the communication cabling including a plurality of wires, the shielding separator comprising: a center member extending along a dimensional length, wherein the center member is electrically non-conductive; and a repeating series of divider sections extending along the dimensional length concentrically disposed about and connected to the center member, each divider section comprising a plurality of dividing members extending laterally outward from the center member, each dividing member of each divider section having an electrically conductive portion opposite an electrically non-conductive portion, both the electrically conductive portion and the electrically non-conductive portion extending along the dimensional length, each of the electrically conductive portions of the dividing members of each divider section being adjacent to an electrically conductive portion of an adjacent dividing member of the same divider section, each of the electrically non-conductive portions of the dividing members of each divider section being adjacent to an electrically non-conductive portion of a different adjacent dividing member of the same divider section, the electrically conductive portions of the dividing members of each divider section being positioned out of electrical contact with the electrically conductive portions of the dividing members of the other divider sections, each dividing member positionable within the communication cabling to be between at least two of the plurality of wires.