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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Luc Walter Adriaenssens, Frisco, TX (US);
Inventor:
Luc Walter Adriaenssens, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 5/00 (2006.01); B21D 39/04 (2006.01); H01B 13/00 (2006.01); H01B 11/18 (2006.01); H01B 1/04 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01); H01B 1/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 11/1808 (2013.01); H01B 13/00 (2013.01); H01B 1/04 (2013.01); H01B 7/0009 (2013.01); C08K 3/04 (2013.01); H01B 1/026 (2013.01); H01B 5/00 (2013.01); H01B 7/18 (2013.01); Y10S 977/722 (2013.01); Y10S 977/784 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conductor for a communications cable includes an elongated metal wire and a metal sheet that includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes that at least partially surrounds the elongated metal wire. The metal wire may include copper, and the metal sheet may likewise include copper and may be welded to an outside surface of the metal wire to surround the metal wire. This conductor may be used in a variety of communications cables that carry high frequency signals.