# US 12,014,850 B2 · High voltage power cable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,014,850 B2 - Document ID: US12014850B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/962,922 - Filed: 2022-10-10 - Published: 2023-04-13 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-11 - Assignees: Aptiv Technologies AG - Applicants: Aptiv Technologies AG - Inventors: Pawel Kozak; Grzegorz Paletko; Dominik Kawalec; Grzegorz Porębski; Monika Pieszka-Lyson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12014850B2 ## CPC - H01B 7/423: {using a cooling fluid} - H01B 7/425: {the construction being bendable} - B60L 53/18: Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B60L 53/302: Cooling of charging equipment - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A high voltage power cable including an insulating body which incorporates a polymer. The insulating body defines an interior channel configured to receive a coolant. The high voltage power cable further includes an electrical conductor buried in the insulating body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A high voltage power cable, comprising: an insulating body defining an interior channel configured to receive and retain a coolant within; and an electrical conductor disposed within the insulating body, wherein the electrical conductor is arranged within the insulating body closer to an outer wall of the insulating body and further from the interior channel, thereby allowing heat exchange with the environment external to the high voltage power cable and with the interior channel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the insulating body is overmolded on the electrical conductor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the insulating body includes a peripheral wall around the interior channel and wherein electrical conductor is located in a central portion of the peripheral wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the insulating body is of a tubular or cylindrical form. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor includes an electrical conductor layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The high voltage power cable of claim 5, wherein the electrical conductor layer is arranged around the interior channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The high voltage power cable of claim 5, including at least two electrical conductor layers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor has a first end contact surface and a second end contact surface including exposed outer surfaces of the electrical conductor for coupling the electrical conductor to respective electrical terminals. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor is comprised of a metal material, the metal material selected from a list consisting of copper, a copper alloy, aluminum, and an aluminum alloy. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor is configured to transmit a voltage of at least 1000 VAC RMS and/or at least 1500 VDC. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor has a cross-section area of at least 10 mm2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The high voltage power cable of claim 11, wherein the electrical conductor has a cross-section area of at least 25 mm2. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The high voltage power cable of claim 12, wherein the electrical conductor has a cross-section area of at least 35 mm2. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the insulating body has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The high voltage power cable of claim 14, wherein the insulating body has a thickness of at least 1.0 mm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, the insulating body including at least one shielding layer around the electrical conductor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, including an overlay around the insulating body, the overlay including at least one shielding layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The high voltage power cable of claim 1, wherein the insulating body is formed of a polymeric material. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The high voltage power cable of claim 18, wherein the polymeric material is selected from the list consisting of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE), polypropylene (PP), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), and fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP).