Patent ID: 8404976

Claim:
A fused wire, comprising: a first wire including a first metal conductor surrounded by a first coating of cured fluoropolymer insulation, said first wire having a first diameter D 1 between 0.002 and 0.015 inches; a second wire including a second metal conductor surrounded by a second coating of cured fluoropolymer insulation, said second wire having a second diameter D 2 between 0.002 and 0.015 inches; and said first and second wires fused together along a line contact between said first and second coatings to form said fused wire, said fused wire having a major diameter D 3 , said fused wire further having a value Fusion % according to the following formula: Fusion %=[ D 3 /( D 1 +D 2 )]×100% (I) wherein Fusion % is between 90% and 99.5% and wherein said first wire comprises a first cross-sectional size, said second wire comprises a second cross-sectional size, said first cross-sectional size different from said second cross-sectional size.