1. A method of assembling a cable, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a flexible filler having a center and a plurality of legs that define pockets, the legs having a first end connected to the center and a second end opposite the first end, the second end of at least one leg of the plurality of legs being located a distance farther from the center than another lea;
b) providing a plurality of twisted pairs, each of the twisted pairs having a length;
c) zipping each twisted pair into a corresponding pocket of the filler, including pressing each twisted pair along the length of the twisted pair while deforming the filler so that the twisted pair zip-fits within the corresponding pocket, the zip-fit being provided by a zip-fit construction including a retaining element located adjacent to the second end of each leg; and
d) applying a jacket over the filler and the twisted pairs zip-fit with the pockets of the filler;
e) wherein a ridge is formed in the jacket by the second end of the at least one leg.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the twisted pairs are captured by the retaining elements without the retaining elements substantially surrounding the twisted pairs.
3. The method of claim 1, further including twisting the filler about a central filler axis after the twisted pairs are zip-fit within the pockets.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of applying the jacket over the filler and the twisted pairs; is performed after the filler has been twisted.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the ridge is a helical ridge formed in the jacket by the twisted filler.
6. The method of claim 1, further including deforming the filler while applying the jacket, wherein the twisted pairs are biased toward the center of the filler central filler axis by the deformation.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the filler spaces the twisted pairs from the jacket.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing the plurality of twisted pairs includes providing twisted pairs each having a twist rate that is different from that of the other twisted pairs.
9. The method of claim 8, further including changing the twist rate of each twisted pair by twisting the filler about a central filler axis.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of providing twisted pairs includes providing twisted pairs each twisted in the same twist direction.
11. The method of claim 10, further including twisting the filler in the same twist direction as the twisted pairs, after the twisted pairs are zip-fit within the pockets, to increase the twist rate of each twisted pair.
12. A cable, including:
a) a plurality of twisted pairs;
b) a filler defining pockets, each twisted pair being positioned within one of the pockets, the filler including:
i) a plurality of spokes, each spoke including a first end and a second end, the first ends of the spokes being joined to define a filler center; and
ii) shaped elements located at the second ends of the spokes, each of the shaped elements including a retaining member oriented in a generally transverse position relative to the corresponding spoke, the retaining members being arranged to retain the twisted pairs within the pockets of the filler, at least one of the shaped elements extending a distance farther from the filler center than the other shaped elements, the at least one shaped element including an end piece having a circular cross-section; and
c) a jacket surrounding the filler and the plurality of twisted pairs.
13. The cable of claim 12, wherein the jacket has a helical ridge formed by the end piece of the filler.
14. The cable of claim 12, wherein the retaining members are constructed such that the twisted pairs are zip-fit within the pockets of the filler.
15. The cable of claim 12, wherein the retaining members have a triangular shape.
16. The cable of claim 12, wherein the filler has a major filler dimension and a minor filler dimension, the at least one shaped element including the end piece defining the major filler dimension.
17. The cable of claim 12, wherein the spokes define four pockets each sized to receive one twisted pair.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A thin film transistor substrate with a circuit repair feature in a liquid crystal display, the substrate comprising:
pixel electrodes;
data lines adjacent to each of two opposed sides of the pixel electrodes for applying data signals to the pixel electrodes via thin film transistors on the substrate;
gate lines disposed substantially perpendicular to said data lines for applying gate signals to the thin film transistors; and
a plurality of gate dummy patterns,
wherein a first gate dummy pattern is located beneath only one side of a data line and running parallel to the data line and also located below only one side of a pixel electrode that is located adjacent to the one side of the data line, a second gate dummy pattern is located beneath only the other side of the data line and running parallel to the data line and also located below only one side of a pixel electrode that is located adjacent to the other side of the data line, the first and second gate dummy patterns being spaced from one another along their length, and
wherein the gate dummy patterns are physically located separate and apart from the gate lines.
2. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1, wherein when a data line is broken, a gate dummy pattern is used as a redundancy electrode for electrically connecting said broken data line.
3. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 2, wherein at least one gate dummy pattern includes a recess formed to permit a repair by disconnection of said gate dummy pattern from said gate line.
4. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 3, further comprising:
a protrusion protruded from at least one data line formed in such a manner as to overlap with said recess, thereby shutting off a light leaked between at least one gate dummy pattern and at least one gate line.
5. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 3, wherein said recess is provided at a cutting part for breaking said gate dummy pattern from said gate line in such a manner that said recess is not overlapped with said broken data line.
6. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1, wherein at least one gate dummy pattern is used as a black matrix.
7. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1, further comprising:
a storage capacitor defined by an overlapping part between at least one gate line and at least one pixel electrode.
8. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 7, wherein an overlap portion of at least one gate dummy pattern and an edge portion of at least one pixel electrode with a gate insulating layer therebetween, forms an auxiliary storage capacitor.
9. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1, wherein a gate-insulating layer is formed between at least one gate dummy pattern and at least one data line.
10. The thin film transistor substrate with a circuit repair feature in a liquid crystal display of claim 1,
wherein gate dummy patterns parallel to said data lines adjacent to each of two opposed sides of the pixel electrodes and extending substantially the entire length of the pixel electrode portions adjacent and parallel to the data lines to overlap by about 0.5-1 \u03bcm with an edge portion of said data lines and an edge portion of said pixel electrodes, to thereby serve as a black matrix to shut off light leaked between said data lines and said pixel electrodes.
11. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 10, wherein said gate dummy patterns are formed to cover substantially all of a gap between at least one of the edge portions of said data lines and an edge portion of said pixel electrodes.
12. The thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1, wherein said gate dummy patterns are formed to cover substantially all of a gap between at least one of the edge portions of said data lines and an edge portion of said pixel electrodes.