Patent ID: 7390970

Claim:
A cable comprising one or more electrical conductors, communications media or a core, each electrical conductor, communications medium, or core being surrounded by a layer comprising: (a) a linear low density polyethylene resin; (b) an ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymer resin; (c) carbon nanotubes present in an amount such that the weight ratio of carbon nanotubes to the total weight of components (a) and (b) is at least about 1:7; (d) a conductive carbon black other than carbon nanotubes, the carbon black present in an amount such that the weight ratio of carbon black to the total weight of components (a) and (b) is about 1.9:7; and (e) optionally, (i) a copolymer of acrylonitrile and butadiene wherein the acrylonitrile is present in an amount of about 30 to about 60 percent by weight based on the weight of the copolymer or (ii) a silicone rubber.