Abstract: An electrical cable having a jacket surrounding a metal shield which, in turn, surrounds the cable core. The jacket comprises a polyolefin with a modifier provided by a carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof with the jacket lying in intimate overall contact with an outer surface of the shield and being bonded by the modifier throughout the overall contact areas to the shield.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 1990
Date of Patent:
December 31, 1991
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited
Inventors:
Jacques Cornibert, Jorg-Hein Walling, Ranier A. Minzloff, Marek Kapuscinski, Serge Nadeau