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US 12,322,531 B2Granted
Composite cable and composite harness
AssigneeProterial, Ltd.
InventorsYoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama, Hirotaka Eshima, Takahiro Futatsumori
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Abstract
A composite cable includes a plurality of power lines, one signal line unit, and a sheath collectively covering the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit. The signal line unit includes a plurality of pairs of signal lines, and an inner sheath covering a first assembled article. The first assembled article is formed by arranging the signal lines to be paired at each pair of opposing vertices of a polygon with an even number of vertices in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the signal line unit and twisting all the signal lines together.
Claims20
A composite harness, comprising:
- a composite cable, comprising:
- a plurality of power lines, each comprising a first conductor wire and a first insulation consisting of a single layer covering the first conductor wire;
- one signal line unit;
- and
- a sheath being composed of a resin and collectively covering the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit, and the sheath being devoid of a conductive layer,
- wherein the signal line unit comprises a plurality of pairs of signal lines, and an inner sheath covering a first assembled article including the signal lines to be paired being arranged at each pair of opposing vertices of a polygon with an even number of vertices in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the signal line unit and being twisted all together,
- wherein all of the signal lines are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the signal line unit to be twisted together,
- wherein outer peripheries of the plurality of pairs of signal lines are devoid of a shield,
- wherein the inner sheath includes an extruded resin which enters into valleys between respective signal lines adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction,
- wherein, in an entire circumference of the first assembled article, a thickness from the first assembled article to an outer periphery surface of the inner sheath is greater than a thickness of the first insulation in each of the plurality of power lines, and
- wherein a twisting direction of the first conductor wire, including an entire outer periphery contacting the first insulation, is opposite to a twisting direction of the first assembled article and is the same as a twisting direction of a second assembled article including the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit being twisted together,
- the composite harness further comprising:
- a connector attached to at least any of end portions of the plurality of power lines and the signal line unit,
- wherein the plurality of pairs of signal lines are composed of four signal lines,
- wherein a first signal line and a second signal line facing each other, out of the four signal lines, are connected to a first sensor IC, and
- wherein a third signal line and a fourth signal line facing each other, out of the four signal lines, are connected to a second sensor IC.
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A composite harness, comprising:
- a composite cable, comprising:
- a plurality of power lines, each comprising a first conductor wire and a first insulation covering the first conductor wire;
- one signal line unit;
- and
- a sheath being composed of a resin and collectively covering the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit, and the sheath being devoid of a conductive layer,
- wherein the signal line unit comprises a plurality of pairs of signal lines, and an inner sheath covering a first assembled article including the signal lines to be paired being arranged at each pair of opposing vertices of a polygon with an even number of vertices in a cross- section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the signal line unit and being twisted all together,
- wherein outer peripheries of the plurality of pairs of signal lines are devoid of a shield,
- wherein the inner sheath enters between the adjacent ones of signal lines,
- wherein, in an entire circumference of the first assembled article, a thickness from the first assembled article to an outer periphery surface of the inner sheath is greater than a thickness of the first insulation in each of the plurality of power lines, and
- wherein a twisting direction of the first conductor wire, including an entire outer periphery contacting the first insulation, is opposite to a twisting direction of the first assembled article and is the same as a twisting direction of a second assembled article including the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit being twisted together,
- the composite harness further comprising:
- a connector attached to at least any of end portions of the plurality of power lines and the signal line unit,
- wherein the plurality of pairs of signal lines are composed of four signal lines,
- wherein a first signal line and a second signal line facing each other, out of the four signal lines, are connected to a first sensor IC, and
- wherein a third signal line and a fourth signal line facing each other, out of the four signal lines, are connected to a second sensor IC.
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A composite harness, comprising:
- a composite cable, comprising:
- a plurality of power lines, each comprising a first conductor wire and a first insulation covering the first conductor wire;
- one signal line unit;
- and
- a sheath being composed of a resin and collectively covering the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit, and the sheath being devoid of a conductive layer,
- wherein the signal line unit comprises a plurality of pairs of signal lines, and an inner sheath covering a first assembled article including the signal lines to be paired being arranged at each pair of opposing vertices of a polygon with an even number of vertices in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the signal line unit and being twisted all together,
- wherein all of the signal lines are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the signal line unit to be twisted together,
- wherein outer peripheries of the plurality of pairs of signal lines are devoid of a shield,
- wherein the inner sheath includes an extruded resin which enters between signal lines adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction,
- wherein, in an entire circumference of the first assembled article, a thickness from the first assembled article to an outer periphery surface of the inner sheath is greater than a thickness of the first insulation in each of the plurality of power lines, and
- wherein a twisting direction of the first conductor wire, including an entire outer periphery contacting the first insulation, is opposite to a twisting direction of the first assembled article and is the same as a twisting direction of a second assembled article including the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit being twisted together,
- the composite harness further comprising:
- a connector attached to at least any of end portions of the plurality of power lines and the signal line unit,
- wherein the plurality of pairs of signal lines are composed of four signal lines,
- wherein a first signal line and a second signal line facing each other, out of the four signal lines, are connected to a first sensor IC, and
- wherein a third signal line and a fourth signal line facing each other, out of the four signal lines, are connected to a second sensor IC.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.