IP Library Granted Patent US 10,074,460
Granted Patent B2
US 10,074,460 · App. 15/496,612 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Multifunctional cable

Inventor: Roland Schropp (Weissenburg, DE)
Assignee: LEONI Kabel GmbH
H01B7/0225
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Patent No.
US 10,074,460
App. No.
15/496,612
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multifunctional cable is particularly suitable for the automotive industry. The multifunctional cable has a plurality of functional elements. A core in the form of a sheathed line contains at least one inner functional element. At least one outer functional element is wound around the sheathed line core.

Claims (26)

1. A multifunctional cable, comprising:

a core being a sheathed line having at least one inner functional element and an insulating sheath encasing said at least one inner functional element;

at least one outer functional element wound around said sheathed line;

said at least one inner functional element being at least one electrical line having an insulation and said at least one outer functional element being at least one electrical line having an insulation;

said insulation of said at least one outer functional element being directly attached to said insulating sheath of said core; and

said at least one outer functional element being wound around said core to form mutually successive windings and functional element gaps between said mutually successive windings in a longitudinal direction of the cable.

2. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one inner functional element is one of a plurality of inner functional elements in said core, and said core and said inner functional elements are untwisted.

3. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein a press fit with a structurally prespecified press strength is formed between said core and said at least one outer functional element.

4. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one inner functional element and said at least one outer functional element are of mutually different designs.

5. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one inner functional element and said at least one outer functional element are part of a plurality of functional elements and said functional elements include functional elements of mutually different designs.

6. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one inner functional element is a wire and said at least one outer functional element is a wire.

7. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one inner functional element and said at least one outer functional element are mutually different cable embodiments.

8. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said core has a core diameter that is greater than a diameter of said at least one outer functional element.

9. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one outer functional element is one of a plurality of outer functional elements and all of said outer functional elements are wound around said core and bear against one another.

10. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , which comprises an outer sheath surrounding said outer functional elements.

11. The multifunctional cable according to claim 10 , wherein the outer sheath enters into functional element gaps formed between said outer functional elements wound around said core.

12. The multifunctional cable according to claim 10 , wherein said outer sheath has characteristics of being formed by at least two extrusion processes that were executed in succession.

13. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein the cable is an automotive cable.

14. The multifunctional cable according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one inner functional element has a cross section with a diameter, and said functional element gaps are wider than said diameter.

15. A multifunctional cable extending in a longitudinal direction, the cable comprising:

a sheathed line forming a core, said sheathed line having a plurality of untwisted wires, each of said wires having a respective conductor and a respective insulation sheath surrounding said conductor, and said sheathed line having an insulating sheath surrounding said wires;

at least one wire having an insulation and being wound around said sheathed line in a spiral shape with a plurality of windings and forming gaps between adjacent windings; and

an outer sheath surrounding said at least one wire being wound around said sheathed line, said outer sheath entering said gaps between said adjacent windings.

16. The multifunctional cable according to claim 15 , wherein said insulation of said at least one wire wound around said sheathed line is directly attached to said insulating sheath of said core.

17. The multifunctional cable according to claim 16 , wherein said at least one wire wound around said sheathed line is one of a plurality of outer wires, and all of said outer wires are wound around said core and bear against one another.

18. The multifunctional cable according to claim 17 , wherein each of said outer wires have a diameter, and said gaps are functional gaps being wider than twice said diameter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Jul 9, 2020
From: LEONI KABEL GMBH
To: LEONI KABEL GMBH
Reel/Frame 053173/0476 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2017
From: SCHROPP, ROLAND
To: LEONI KABEL GMBH
Reel/Frame 042352/0497 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 206 961 · Apr 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170309371A1 · Oct 26, 2017