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Oil well cable

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6486908
Disclosed is an electrical cable embodying a plurality of individually, electrically insulated electrical conductors for use in adverse environments, such as oil wells. The cable comprises an elongated strut of rectangular cross-section interposed between two of the conductors and formed of a plurality of bendable sections of rigid cross-section for protecting the insulation on the conductors from external disruptive forces. The strut may be used with a channel member that protects the insulation from both internal and external disruption resulting from usage in the adverse environment.
Assignee:
Harvey Hubbell Incorporated
Patent Number(s):
US 4453035
OSTI ID:
6486908
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English