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US4855534A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Cable shielding tape and cables incorporating such tape

Assignee: KT Industries Inc
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Filing: 1988-02-18
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Granted: 1989-08-08
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Expires: 2008-02-18
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Abstract

Abstract A cable shielding tape is produced by laminating a single layer of an insulating material film which may be plastic to a conducting layer which may be of metallic foil with the conducting layer offset laterally with respect to said insulating layer, leaving an overhanging portion of the insulating layer along one edge of the tape and a similar overhanging portion of the conducting layer along the opposite edge of the tape. This overhanging portion is then folded over the edge of the insulating layer and bonded to the opposite surface thereof. In an alternative arrangement the conducting layer and insulating layer are coterminous at the opposite edge and both are folded back with the conducting layer outermost.

Inventors

  • 👤 Lawrence J. O'Connor

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 19:10
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B13/00; H01B13/22; H01B13/26; H01B13/2613; H01B13/2686; H01B11/00; H01B11/02; H01B11/06; H01B11/10; H01B11/1016; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1007; Y10T156/1008; Y10T156/1011; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24752; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24917; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2936

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 91 words
A tape consisting of a single conducting layer and a single insulating layer, said conducting layer being laminated to one side of said insulating layer with one longitudinal edge of the conducting layer being spaced inwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the insulating layer to form an edge portion of the insulating layer which is free from said conducting layer, and the other longitudinal edge of the conducting layer overhanging the respective edge of the insulating layer being folded therearound and bonded to the other side of the insulating layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 91 words
A tape consisting of a single conducting layer and a single insulating layer, said conducting layer being laminated to one side of said insulating layer with one longitudinal edge of the conducting layer being spaced inwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the insulating layer to form an edge portion of the insulating layer which is free from said conducting layer, and the other longitudinal edge of the conducting layer overhanging the respective edge of the insulating layer being folded therearound and bonded to the other side of the insulating layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 22 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein the thickness of the conducting layer is in the range of 0.00025 to 0.004 inches.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein the thickness of the insulating layer is in the range of 0.00048 to 0.003 inches.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein the width of the tape is in the range of 0.25 to 2.0 inches.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein the free portion of the insulating layer has a width less than 0.125 inches.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 21 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein the folded portion of the conducting layer has a width less than 0.125 inches.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 190 words
A cable comprising a pair of longitudinal continuous conductors each being insulated by a surrounding layer of an insulating material and each being adapted to transmit high frequency low power signals, and a shielding tape wrapped around the pair of conductors, said shielding tape consisting of a single conducting layer and a single insulating layer, aid conducting layer being laminated to one side of said insulating layer with one longitudinal edge of the conducting layer being spaced inwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the insulating layer to form an edge portion of the insulating layer which is free from said conducting layer, and the other longitudinal edge of the conducting layer overhanging the respective edge of the insulating layer being folded therearound and bonded to the other side of the insulating layer, said tape being wrapped around said pair with said insulating layer outermost such that the edge thereof which is free from foil conducting layer is wrapped outermost and with said one longitudinal edge of the conducting layer being in an overlapping relationship with said other longitudinal edge of the conducting layer to provide continuous perimetrical electrical continuity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 190 words
A cable comprising a pair of longitudinal continuous conductors each being insulated by a surrounding layer of an insulating material and each being adapted to transmit high frequency low power signals, and a shielding tape wrapped around the pair of conductors, said shielding tape consisting of a single conducting layer and a single insulating layer, aid conducting layer being laminated to one side of said insulating layer with one longitudinal edge of the conducting layer being spaced inwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the insulating layer to form an edge portion of the insulating layer which is free from said conducting layer, and the other longitudinal edge of the conducting layer overhanging the respective edge of the insulating layer being folded therearound and bonded to the other side of the insulating layer, said tape being wrapped around said pair with said insulating layer outermost such that the edge thereof which is free from foil conducting layer is wrapped outermost and with said one longitudinal edge of the conducting layer being in an overlapping relationship with said other longitudinal edge of the conducting layer to provide continuous perimetrical electrical continuity.
Claim 10
Independent Claim 144 words
A method of manufacturing a tape comprising slitting a web of a metallic foil material into a plurality of tapes each consisting only of a layer of said metallic foil, laminating to each slit foil tape a layer of a plastic insulating material such that one longitudinal edge of the slit foil tape is spaced inwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the insulating layer to form an edge portion of the insulating layer which is free from said foil, and such that the other longitudinal edge of the metallic foil tape overhangs the respective other edge of the insulating layer, folding the overhanging edge of the foil tape around the edge of the insulating layer, bonding the overhanging edge of the foil tape to an opposed side of the insulating layer, and winding each of the tapes into a package of the tape.
Claim 11
Independent Claim 144 words
A method of manufacturing a tape comprising slitting a web of a metallic foil material into a plurality of tapes each consisting only of a layer of said metallic foil, laminating to each slit foil tape a layer of a plastic insulating material such that one longitudinal edge of the slit foil tape is spaced inwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the insulating layer to form an edge portion of the insulating layer which is free from said foil, and such that the other longitudinal edge of the metallic foil tape overhangs the respective other edge of the insulating layer, folding the overhanging edge of the foil tape around the edge of the insulating layer, bonding the overhanging edge of the foil tape to an opposed side of the insulating layer, and winding each of the tapes into a package of the tape.

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