# US 2014/0190741 A1 · Composite cable for a vehicle

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- Number: US 2014/0190741 A1
- Document ID: US20140190741A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/142,185
- Filed: 2013-12-27
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-08
- Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
- Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190741A1

## CPC

- B60R 16/0215: {Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor}
- B60R 16/0207: {Wire harnesses}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A composite cable for a vehicle is configured to connect between a wheel-side device which is fixed on a wheel side via a suspension device with respect to a body of the vehicle and a body-side device disposed on a body side. The composite cable includes wires, each of which includes a center conductor and an insulation for coating the center conductor. The center conductor includes a stranded wire comprising a plurality of solid conductors stranded with each other, and a diameter of each solid conductor is 0.05 mm to 0.12 mm. The composite cable also includes a sheath collectively covering the wires; and a lubricating member interposed between the wires and the sheath for reducing a frictional resistance between the wires and the sheath.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A composite cable for a vehicle, configured to connect between a wheel-side device which is fixed on a wheel side and a body-side device disposed on a body side, the composite cable comprising:
wires, each of which comprises a center conductor and an insulation for coating the center conductor, the center conductor comprising a stranded wire comprising a plurality of solid conductors stranded with each other, a diameter of each solid conductor being 0.05 mm to 0.12 mm;
a sheath collectively covering the wires; and
a lubricating member interposed between the wires and the sheath for reducing a frictional resistance between the wires and the sheath.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The composite cable for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the center conductor is a double stranded wire formed by combining and stranding a plurality of child strands, each of which comprises the plurality of solid conductors stranded with each other and the plurality of child strands are stranded in a same stranding direction as a stranding direction of the solid conductors in the plurality of child strands.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The composite cable for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lubricating member is consisted essentially of powder having a particle size of 5 μm to 50 μm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The composite cable for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the wires are twisted with each other.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The composite cable for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the lubricating member is interposed between the wires.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The composite cable for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein JISA hardness of the sheath is from 80 degrees to 95 degrees.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The composite cable for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of each solid conductor is 0.07 mm to 0.09 mm.