Cable unit
AssigneeW.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorCarsten Schulz
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Abstract
A cable unit is provided comprising: a jacket comprising at least one cable housing and at least one support housing; the or each cable housing having a tubular structure, extending in a longitudinal direction, each support housing in the plurality of support housings having a tubular structure, extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one support housing being disposed on one side of the at least one cable housing; and at least one support element retained within each support housing of the plurality of support housings, wherein the at least one support element retained within each support housing of the plurality of support housings comprises at least one portion that has an arcuate cross section in the width direction.
Claims13
A cable unit, characterised in that the cable unit comprises:
- a jacket comprising at least one cable housing and at least one support housing;
- the at least one cable housing having a tubular structure, extending in a longitudinal direction,
- the at least one support housing having a tubular structure, extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one support housing being disposed on one side of the at least one cable housing;
- and
- at least two support elements retained within the at least one support housing, wherein the at least two support elements retained within the at least one support housing have an arcuate cross section in the width direction along the length of the support elements when not subjected to a bend or flex;
- wherein a low friction layer is provided between adjacent support elements of the at least two support elements within the at least one support housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.