Abstract: A multi-stranded electrical conducting wire has conducting strands surrounded by an insulative jacket. The strands have serrations around the circumference thereof to inhibit slipping movement between adjacent strands. This is particularly advantageous when used with IDC contacts whereby the reduced slipping increases the contact pressure and therefore electrical conductivity of the connection, in particular for connections subject to vibration or thermal contraction and expansion movements.

Abstract: An electrical overhead transmission conductor cable having a steel reinforcing core which exhibits improved characteristics and unexpected conductivity above about 64% IACS is manufactured of a steel core covered by at least one stranding layer which is formed of round or trapezoidal shaped wire strands subjected to annealing before heat treatment and drawn and stress-relieved/annealed after stranding is completed, to provide a finished cable which includes an aluminum conductive portion which is dead soft, or "O" temper. The steel core of the cable carries substantially the entire tension load of both the core and conductors when suspended between vertical towers. The overhead transmission cable may be formed of trapezoidal cross section conductors wires for improved vibration performance characteristics.

Abstract: An ornamental electrical molding comprising a body made up of flexible and moldable insulating material, where tubular conductors made up of helically wound wire are located. The molding is covered on its bottom face by a plastic foam strip coated with contact adhesive, and permits--together with a set of fittings assembled to each other--the performance of exposed surface installations quickly, easily and decoratively. The body that houses the wire conductor tubes has a double function, as insulator and as the frame for ornamental designs.

Abstract: A wire cable assembly (10, 310) adapted for the winding of electrical coils is taught. A primary intended use is for use in particle tube assemblies (532) for the superconducting super collider. The correction coil cables (10, 310) have wires (14, 314) collected in wire arrays (12, 312) with a center rib (16, 316) sandwiched therebetween to form a core assembly (18, 318 ). The core assembly (18, 318) is surrounded by an assembly housing (20, 320) having an inner spiral wrap (22, 322) and a counter wound outer spiral wrap (24, 324). An alternate embodiment (410) of the invention is rolled into a keystoned shape to improve radial alignment of the correction coil cable (410) on a particle tube (733) in a particle tube assembly (732).

Abstract: A magnet wire of modified cross-section is electrically insulated by adhering thereto an insulation tape which does not require a high temperature adherance step. The insulation tape has a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating which, prior to application to the magnet wire, is covered by a release strip. Just prior to application of the insulation tape to the magnet wire, the release strip is removed from the tape to uncover the adhesive coating and allow pressure-sensitive bonding of the insulation tape to the magnet wire.

Abstract: Strands of a copper alloy containing 0.2 to 10 percent by weight of Sn are braided to form a stranded wire for a wire conductor for a harness having a conductor sectional area of 0.03 to 0.3 mm.sup.2. After the braiding, preferably stranded wire is heat treated so that its tensile strength is maintained at a prescribed level. The wire conductor for a harness has a breaking strength which is equivalent to that of a conventional harness wire, and is hardly broken by an impact. The wire conductor maintains its straightness, and strand ends do not fray upon cutting.

Abstract: Electrode used for one pole in underwater transmission of high-voltage direct current, an insulated cable being used for the other pole, such electrodes being adapted to be stationary on the bottom of the sea to serve as the anode and the cathode, respectively, while the sea-water constitutes the electric conductor therebetween. What characterises the invention is that the electrode comprises at least one layer (1) of a flexible, electrically conductive material which preferably is resistant to chlorine-alkali, said layer (1) being enclosed between protective structures (2,3) of a flexible, mechanically resistant material which preferably is resistant to chlorine-alkali, at least one protective structure (2) having openings (4) which are positioned across the surface thereof and through which the sea-water comes into contact with the layer (1).

Abstract: An electrical cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical conductors supported within an insulative casing. The conductors are arranged in side-by-side transversely spaced position and the casing surrounds and electrically isolates each of the conductors. The casing includes a major planar surface permitting mass termination to a connector. One of the conductors includes a flat surface portion which faces an adjacent one of the side-by-side conductors and also includes a curved surface portion which faces the major planar surface.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical cable assembly includes providing a plurality of round electrical conductors. One of the conductors is flattened along a longitudinal surface portion. The conductors are arranged in side-by-side transversely spaced position with the flattened portion of the one conductor facing an adjacent conductor. An insulative casing is extruded about the conductors and includes a major planar surface permitting mass termination to a connector. The one conductor includes a curved surface portion which faces the major planar surface.

Abstract: Fence wires for the confinement of stock animals, zoo animals or wild animals have an electrically conductive synthetic plastic sheath and a tension resisting core which is made of either a textile material or a fence wire. The sheath is rendered conductive by the incorporation of amino compounds which are vulcanized with the chloropolymers of the sheath material, by the incorporation of metallic hairs or conductive plasticizers.

Abstract: An electrode arrangement for capacitive guard fences wherein the conductor is horizontally stretched substantially parallel to the ground has a shape for preventing formation of water droplets which may collect as a result of precipitation from generating a false alarm and which also deters small animals from perching on the electrode. In one embodiment the electrode has a rectangular cross-section with the longest sides of the electrode being disposed substantially vertically. In another embodiment the electrode consists of two conductors having circular cross-sections which may be disposed parallel to one another or twisted. A further electrode embodiment has at least three conductors having very small circular cross-sections disposed at equal intervals from one another around a circular circumference. Means for facilitating water droplet runoff are provided at equal intervals which simultaneously serve as spacers for the conductors.

Abstract: An electronic conductor and a method for manufacturing it are provided. The conductor is made of a base of substantially copper having a diffusion barrier on the base and a coating of tin-lead, or of tin, on the diffusion barrier. The diffusion barrier is either copper in combination with phosphorus, or copper in combination with boron. The method of manufacturing an electronic conductor applies the diffusion barrier to the base by means of an electro-deposition process and then applies the coating on the diffusion barrier.

Abstract: Improved multistrand Rutherford-type superconductor cable is produced by using strands which are preformed, prior to being wound into the cable, so that each strand has a variable cross section, with successive portions having a substantially round cross section, a transitional oval cross section, a rectangular cross section, a transitional oval cross section, a round cross section and so forth, in repetitive cycles along the length of the strand. The cable is wound and flattened so that the portions of rectangular cross section extend across the two flat sides of the cable at the strand angle. The portions of round cross section are bent at the edges of the flattened cable, so as to extend between the two flat sides. The rectangular portions of the strands slide easily over one another, so as to facilitate flexing and bending of the cable, while also minimizing the possibility of causing damage to the strands by such flexing or bending.

Abstract: A conductor and method of making the conductor are provided for use in winding electrical coils which are cooled by a fluid communicating with the conductor. The conductor is cold worked through twisting and reshaping steps to form a generally rectangular cross section conductor having a plurality of helical cooling grooves extending axially of the conductor. The conductor configuration makes it suitable for a wide variety of winding applications and permits the use of simple strip insulation between turns and perforated sheet insulation between layers of the winding.

Abstract: A medical electrode for taking an EKG or the like made of a bi-stable conductive spring material in the form of an elongated flat member which can assume a stable linear state and can be easily applied and attached to a patient's arm or leg by lightly striking it against the arm or leg is disclosed. Upon striking, the elongated member springs to its other stable stage, coiling around the arm and leg and making contact therewith. An electrical connector such as a contact gripping slit or snap fastener (or both), are provided on the member for connecting the electrode to a conventional EKG or like leads.