# US 2020/0286647 A1 · Composite cable and composite harness > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0286647 A1 - Document ID: US20200286647A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/803,770 - Filed: 2020-02-27 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-07 - Assignees: Hitachi Metals, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi Metals, Ltd. - Inventors: Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA; Tomoyuki Murayama; Hirotaka Eshima; Takahiro Futatsumori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200286647A1 ## CPC - H01B 7/0045: {Cable-harnesses} - B60T 8/171: Detecting parameters used in the regulation; Measuring values used in the regulation - B60T 8/176: Brake regulation specially adapted to prevent excessive wheel slip during vehicle deceleration, e.g. ABS (B60T8/1755 takes precedence) - H01B 9/003: {including electrical control or communication wires} - H01B 11/02: Cables with twisted pairs or quads - B60T 2270/10: ABS control systems - 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}) - B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES ## Abstract A composite cable is composed of a plurality of power supply wires, a plurality of signal wires, two or more of which are configured to be connected to a common terminal member, and a sheath provided to cover the plurality of power supply wires and the plurality of signal wires together. The two or more of the plurality of signal wires being configured to be connected to the common terminal member are provided adjacent to each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A composite cable, comprising: a plurality of power supply wires; a plurality of signal wires, two or more of which are configured to be connected to a common terminal member; and a sheath provided to cover the plurality of power supply wires and the plurality of signal wires together, wherein the two or more of the plurality of signal wires being configured to be connected to the common terminal member are provided adjacent to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The composite cable according to claim 1, wherein the two or more of the plurality of signal wires being configured to be connected to the common terminal member are provided to remain in contact with each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The composite cable according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal wires include two signal wires, which are configured to be connected to a sensor section of an ABS sensor for measuring a rotation speed of a wheel, wherein the two signal wires being configured to be connected to the sensor section of the ABS sensor are provided adjacent to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The composite cable according to claim 1, wherein two or more of the plurality of power supply wires, which are configured to be connected to an other common terminal member, are provided adjacent to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The composite cable according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of power supply wires include two power supply wires, which are configured to be connected to an electric parking brake device for braking a rotation of a wheel after vehicle stopping, wherein the two power supply wires being configured to be connected to the electric parking brake device are provided adjacent to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The composite cable according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal wires are each configured to include a twisted wire pair comprising one pair of insulated electric wires being twisted together, and an internal sheath for coating together the one pair of insulated electric wires of the twisted wire pair. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The composite cable according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal wires are each configured to include a twisted wire pair comprising one pair of insulated electric wires being twisted together, and wherein an internal sheath is provided to cover together the twisted wire pairs of the plurality of signal wires being twisted around each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The composite cable according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal wires are each configured to include one pair of insulated electric wires, with the one pairs of insulated electric wires of the plurality of signal wires being laid together to provide an aggregate, and wherein an internal sheath is provided to cover a whole of the aggregate. ### Claim 9 A composite harness, comprising: a composite cable composed of a plurality of power supply wires, a plurality of signal wires, and a sheath provided to cover the plurality of power supply wires and the plurality of signal wires together; and a common terminal member provided to be connected to one end portions of two or more of the plurality of signal wires, wherein the two or more of the plurality of signal wires being connected to the common terminal member are provided adjacent to each other.