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Granted Patent B2
US 12,354,771 · App. 17/952,716 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Composite cable

Inventors: Hirotaka Eshima (Tokyo, JP); Fumihito Oka (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikazu Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP); Tomoyuki Murayama (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Futatsumori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
H01B9/006H01B7/18H01B7/295H01B9/02H01B3/30
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Patent No.
US 12,354,771
App. No.
17/952,716
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A composite cable includes a plurality of internal cables and a covering member covering peripheries of the plurality of internal cables. At least one of the plurality of internal cables includes at least one electric wire having a conductor, a first sheath covering a periphery of the at least one electric wire, a shield covering a periphery of the first sheath, and a second sheath covering a periphery of the shield.

Claims (20)

1. A composite cable comprising:

a plurality of first electric wires each having a first conductor and a first resin layer covering the first conductor;

an internal cable including a plurality of second electric wires each having a second conductor and a second resin layer covering the second conductor, a first sheath formed of a resin material covering a periphery of the plurality of second electric wires and being interposed between the plurality of second electric wires, a shield covering a periphery of the first sheath and contacting the first sheath, and a second sheath covering a periphery of the shield and contacting the shield; and

a covering member that covers peripheries of the plurality of first electric wires and the internal cable,

wherein the covering member forms an outermost peripheral surface of the composite cable,

wherein the first sheath is provided with irregularities which enhance surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the first sheath contacting the shield, and

wherein the second sheath is provided with irregularities which enhance surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the second sheath contacting the first electric wires and the covering member.

2. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a material forming the second sheath contains a flame retardant.

3. The composite cable according to claim 2 , wherein the first sheath is higher in flexibility than the second sheath.

4. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein the first sheath is higher in flexibility than the second sheath.

5. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein the first sheath is formed using a material having hardness lower than hardness of a material of the second sheath.

6. The composite cable according to claim 5 , wherein:

the first sheath comprises a resin material having a Shore D hardness of 80 or less, and

the second sheath comprises a resin material having a Shore D hardness of 90 or less.

7. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of holes is provided inside the first sheath.

8. The composite cable according to claim 1 , wherein a material forming the first sheath does not contain a flame retardant.

9. The composite cable according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of first electric wires are in contact with each other,

wherein the plurality of first electric wires and the second sheath are in contact with each other, and

wherein the second sheath extends into a valley of a space created by the plurality of first electric wires being contacted.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062849/0426 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: ESHIMA, HIROTAKA; OKA, FUMIHITO; HAYAKAWA, YOSHIKAZU; MURAYAMA, TOMOYUKI; FUTATSUMORI, TAKAHIRO
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061213/0860 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-158246 · Sep 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230095084A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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