US 7,507,904 B2
Electrical conductor
Nico Naas, Karlsruhe (Germany)
Assigned to Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/494,576
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2002, PCT No. PCT/EP02/11841
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 03, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/036658, PCT Pub. Date May 01, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 101 52 166 (DE), filed on Oct. 23, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2005/0062037 A1, Mar. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. H01B 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 174—36  [174/113 R] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical line, comprising:
a first conductor co-axially surrounded by a first insulator;
a second conductor partially co-axially surrounded by a second insulator such that a portion of the second conductor is exposed, where the first and second insulators are separate from each other; and
a vapor deposited metal layer that surrounds the first and second conductors, where the vapor deposited metal layer is in contact with the second conductor at the exposed portion thereof.