Patent ID: 7341474

Claim:
A lumped resistance electrical cable comprising: a ribbon cable having a plurality of twisted pair electrical lines with each of the twisted pair electrical lines having first and second conductive lines and at least a first untwisted portion, each of the plurality of twisted pair electrical lines having an electrical open formed in one of the first and second conductive lines in the untwisted portion; a resistor block disposed on the untwisted portion of the of the twisted pair electrical lines having a housing with a first housing member having electrically conductive contacts extending therefrom and electrically coupled to each of the first and second conductive lines of the twisted pair electrical lines, the electrically conductive contacts being disposed on either side of the electrical opens in one of the first and second conductive lines and to the other of the first and second conductive lines with resistive elements electrically coupled to the electrically conductive contacts across the electrical opens, the housing having a second housing member fixedly mating with the first housing member to capture the untwisted portion of the twisted pair electrical lines there between.