Jumper cable
US4085502A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 1977 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49224
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical jumper cable comprising a plurality of spaced metallic conductors, each conductor having a flexible area and integrally formed rigid terminal ends, is provided. Starting with a metallic sheet having a thickness approximating that required for the conductor flexible areas, one or more mesas of thickness approximating that required for the terminal ends are formed on the edge regions of the sheet. The mesas may be formed by plating or casting so that the thickened edge regions are integral with the sheet central region. The resulting substrate is then chemically or mechanically milled so as to define the conductor patterns and terminal ends, and the metallic conductors laminated to flexible films so as to support and maintain the metallic conductors in spaced relation to one another.
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