# US 2010/0166374 A1 · Cable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0166374 A1 - Document ID: US20100166374A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/587,410 - Filed: 2009-10-05 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2007-04-10 - Assignees: Lapp Engineering & Co. - Inventors: Siegbert Lapp - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100166374A1 ## CPC - H01B 7/366: {being a tape, thread or wire extending the full length of the conductor or cable} - H01B 7/368: {being a sleeve, ferrule, tag, clip, label or short length strip} - 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}) ## Abstract In order to improve a cable that comprises an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, in such a way that, while being easy to produce, the information carrier unit is reliably disposed at suitable points in the cable, it is proposed that a carrier strand is associated with the inner cable body, the carrier strand running over the length of the inner cable body, that at least one information carrier unit that can be read by electromagnetic field coupling is disposed on the carrier strand and that the carrier strand is covered over by the cable sheath. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-52. (canceled) ### Claim 53 Cable, comprising an inner cable body, in which at least one conductor strand of an optical and/or electrical conductor runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable, a cable sheath, enclosing the inner cable body and lying between an outer surface of the cable and the inner cable body, a carrier strand associated with the inner cable body, the carrier strand running over the length of the inner cable body, and at least one information carrier unit, disposed within the outer surface of the cable, the at least one information carrier unit being adapted to be read by electromagnetic field coupling and being disposed on the carrier strand, and the carrier strand being covered over by the cable sheath. ### Claim 54 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the carrier strand runs such that it wraps around the at least one conductor strand of the inner cable body. ### Claim 55 (depends on 54) Cable according to claim 54, wherein the carrier strand is formed such that it winds around the inner cable body. ### Claim 56 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the carrier strand runs in the form of an interstitial cord of the inner cable body. ### Claim 57 (depends on 56) Cable according to claim 56, wherein the carrier strand lies directly on the inner cable body. ### Claim 58 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the carrier strand is at least part of a separating layer between the inner cable body and the cable sheath. ### Claim 59 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the carrier strand is a non-woven strip which is wound around the inner cable body over its complete area. ### Claim 60 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the carrier strand lies on a separating layer between the inner cable body and the cable sheath. ### Claim 61 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the information carrier unit is disposed on a side of the carrier strand that is facing away from the inner cable body and covered over directly by the cable sheath. ### Claim 62 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the information carrier unit is embedded in the carrier strand. ### Claim 63 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein a multiplicity of information carrier units is disposed at defined regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of the cable and the defined regular intervals for the information carrier units determine a uniform distance between the information carrier units in the longitudinal direction of the cable. ### Claim 64 (depends on 63) Cable according to claim 63, wherein the information carrier units are disposed at the defined regular intervals in relation to one another in such a way that the distances between the information carrier units correspond to at least 2 times a reading/writing range of the information carrier units in the direction of each of the nearest information carrier units. ### Claim 65 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the information carrier unit has at least one memory. ### Claim 66 (depends on 64) Cable according to claim 64, wherein the memory has a memory area in which items of information once written are stored such that they are write-protected. ### Claim 67 (depends on 64) Cable according to claim 64, wherein the memory has a memory area in which items of information are stored such that they are write-protected by an access code. ### Claim 68 (depends on 64) Cable according to claim 64, wherein the memory has a memory area to which information can be freely written. ### Claim 69 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein a multiplicity of information carrier units is provided and wherein each of the information carrier units can be individually addressed. ### Claim 70 (depends on 68) Cable according to claim 68, wherein each of the information carrier units can be individually addressed by an access code. ### Claim 71 (depends on 53) Cable according to claim 53, wherein the at least one information carrier unit of the cable picks up measured values of an associated sensor. ### Claim 72 (depends on 71) Cable according to claim 71, wherein the sensor picks up at least one of the state variables such as radiation, temperature, tension, pressure, elongation or moisture.