Abstract: A cladding structure includes a plurality of serial buses, an insulating covering layer surrounding the serial buses, a metallic plating layer mounted on the covering layer, and a metallic protective layer mounted on the plating layer. Thus, the cladding structure can prevent an electromagnetic interference efficiently. In addition, the cladding structure has a steady signal transmission.

Abstract: A wire-protective tube which has a resin composition having 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene, from 10 to 500 parts by weight of a propylene block copolymer having a propylene monomer unit and an ethylene monomer unit in a specific proportion, from 1 to 50 parts by weight of a bromine-based flame retardant, and from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a flame retardant aid.

Abstract: A cable includes an inner conductor, an inner dielectric, and a guard conductor, where the inner dielectric is between the inner conductor and the guard conductor. The cable also includes an outer dielectric, and a shield conductor, where the outer dielectric is between the guard conductor and the shield conductor. The cable further includes an additional layer of material between the outer dielectric and the shield conductor of suitable composition for reducing triboelectric current generation between the outer dielectric and the shield conductor to less than that which would occur were the outer dielectric and the shield conductor to directly adjoin each other.

Abstract: A shielded assembly containing a substrate and a shield. The shield contains both nanomagnetic material and a material with an electrical resistivity of from about 1 microohm-centimeter to about 1×1025 microohm centimeters. The nanomagnetic material has a mass density of at least about 0.01 grams per cubic centimeter, a saturation magnetization of from about 1 to about 36,000 Gauss, a coercive force of from about 0.01 to about 5000 Oersteds, a relative magnetic permeability of from about 1 to about 500,000, and an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers.

Abstract: A magnetically shielded conductor assembly with a conductor device and a film of nanomagnetic material located above the conductor device. The conductor device has a resistivity of from about 1 to about 2,000 micro ohm-centimeters. The film of nanomagnetic material has a thickness of from about 100 nanometers to about 10 micrometers and a magnetic shielding factor of at least about 0.5. The nanomagnetic material has a mass density of at least about 0.01 grams per cubic centimeter, a saturation magnetization of from about 1 to about 36,000 Gauss, a coercive force of from about 0.01 to about 5,000 Oersteds, a relative magnetic permeability of from about 1 to about 500,000, and an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers.

Abstract: An umbilical connection for use in a hazardous environment like a floating roof storage tank has one or more hydraulic hoses, one or more electrical cables or a combination thereof. Each hydraulic hose has a static dissipative and abrasion resistant covering. Each electrical cable has an abrasion resistant coating. The hoses and cables are bundled and wrapped in a static dissipative and abrasion resistant open mesh sheath or an overbraid to form the umbilical connection.

Abstract: An assembly includes a suspension, a magnetic head assembly, first and second write wires and first and second read wires wherein the magnetic head assembly includes a write head and a read head with the first and second write wires connected to the write head and the first and second read wires connected to the read head and wherein the first and second insulative sheaths are disposed about the first and second read wires and first and second conductive sheaths are disposed about the first and second insulative sheaths. In another aspect of the invention, third and fourth insulative sheaths are disposed about the first and second write wires and third and fourth conductive sheaths are disposed about the third and fourth insulative sheaths.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shield has a first patterned or apertured layer having non-conductive materials and conductive material and a second patterned or apertured layer having non-conductive materials and conductive material. The conductive material may be a metal, a carbon composite, or a polymer composite. The non-conductive materials in the first patterned or apertured layer may be randomly located or located in a predetermined segmented pattern such that the non-conductive materials in the first patterned or apertured layer are located in a predetermined segmented pattern with respect to locations of the non-conductive materials in the second patterned or apertured layer.

Abstract: A multi-conductor cable is provided based on a braided structure. Be selectively braiding together conductive yarns with non conductive yarns, a multi-conductor electrical cable can be provided by just one braid. In this example, two electrical conductors are provided, a first provided by conductive yarn and a second provided by conductive yarn. Insulating yarns maintain conductive yarns in spaced relation to each other.

Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors in a dense hexagonal matrix-like form defining thereof horizontal rows and oblique columns with each other in a rectangular coordinate system wherein the twisted pairs in the same row have the same twist direction while having opposite twist directions with those in the two neighboring rows aside, and wherein for each row there is a ninety degrees phase shift between every adjacent two pairs and for each column there is a non-ninety degrees phase shift between every adjacent two pairs.

Abstract: An electrically conductive inside structure of a standing wave barrier surrounds a section of a conductor in a sub-region. It can be displaceably arranged on the conductor section and galvanically separated from it but can be inductively coupled to it. A basic wave trap surrounds the inside structure on a part of its length. It is galvanically connected to the inside structure and to a capacitor. The capacitor is galvanically connected to the inside structure.

Abstract: An improved high performance twisted pair data cable (20) than has an impedance standard deviation of less than 3.5 when the standard deviation is calculated around an average impedance of 50 to 200 ohms and preferably 90 to 110 ohms. The twisted pair is helically wrapped with a metal shield tape (16) at a tension that provides a cross-sectional void of less than 25% and preferably less than 18% of the cross-sectional area of the shielded twisted pair cable. The tape is helically wrapped with an overlap of 30-45% and at an angle of 35-45 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cable. The cable has a rating up to 600 MHz.

Abstract: An improved audio cable comprising at least one pair of first and second insulated conductors located on opposite sides of a shielding member that extends the entire length of the cable. The first and second conductors are located on opposite sides of the shielding member. Bores, also called lenses, are formed on the shielding member that allow exposure of the magnetic fields of the first and second conductors to reduce inductance. In the first embodiment, the shielding member is a flat structure twisted into spiral with the conductors on opposite sides of the shielding member. The conductors and shielding member may be covered with an outer shielding member that only extends over the lenses or the entire length of the cable and covered by a durable, protective outer cover.

Abstract: A connection cable includes a connector having a first set of pins, a second set of pins, a third set of pins, and a fourth set of pins. The connection cable further includes a first set of transmission lines connected to the first set of pins, a second set of transmission lines connected to the second set of pins, a third set of transmission lines connected to the third set of pins, and a fourth set of transmission lines connected to the fourth set of pins. In addition, the connection cable has an audio connector connected to the first set of transmission lines, a component video signal connector connected the second set of transmission lines, a s video signal connector connected to the third set of transmission lines, and a composite video signal connector connected to the fourth set of transmission lines. The connector is a d-sub type connector.

Abstract: A conductor-equipped conductive thin film sheet 1 includes a conductive thin film sheet 2 and a metallic piece 8. The conductive thin film sheet 2 is composed of a conductive layer 4 and an insulating layer 7. The metallic piece 8 is superposed on the insulating layer 7 and is partially bonded to the conductive layer 4 by ultrasonic welding. In this configuration, when the sheet is wound around an electric wire, noise can be surely dissipated. A shield harness using the conductive thin film is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for screening the magnetic field generated by an electrical power transmission line having at least one electrical cable. The cables may be inserted into a conduit having at least one layer of non-grain-oriented ferromagnetic material, having a magnetic curve with a maximum value of relative magnetic permeability (&mgr;max).

Abstract: A cable for a universal serial bus (USB) interface includes a host connection end located on one side of the cable including two power pins and two signal pins, a data connection end located on another side of the cable including two signal pins, and at least one power connection end located on the same side as the data connection end of the cable including only two power pins. A connection module for connecting the cable includes a housing, a host connection port including two signal pins and two power pins, a data connection port including two signal pins connected to the two signal pins of the host connection port respectively, and at least one power connection port including only two power pins connected to the two power pins of the host connection port respectively.

Abstract: The disclsoure describes an electric conductor having a coating layer with the property of strippability so that it can be stripped from the electric conductor, and a method for controlling the strippability of the coating layer from the electric conductor, with the electrical insulation properties of the cable coating being kept constant after exposure to moisture. The method involves adding to a polymeric composition forming the coating layer a predetermined amount of a polyolefinic compound, which contains at least one unsaturation and at least one carboxyl group in the polymer chain.

Abstract: A high frequency transmission cable includes one or more propagation channel sets, an inner covering wrapping the propagation channel sets and providing an effect of shield, drain wires and a jacket. Two conductors in each of the propagation channels are joined to each other tightly as a single piece to perform communication of electrical appliances in a way of the conductor pair juxtaposing and being flush with each other surely for avoiding signals transmitted in the conductors becoming not synchronous due to the conductors being in inconsistent length resulting from the cable being bent so as to enhance the frequency width of the transmission cable.

Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors in a dense matrix form defining columns and rows thereof in a rectangular coordinate system wherein the twisted pairs in the same row have the same twist direction while have opposite twist directions with those in the two neighboring rows aside, and wherein for each row there is a ninety degrees phase shift between every adjacent two pairs and for each column there is a ninety degrees phase shift between every adjacent two pairs.

Abstract: A support member includes a support member body, having a relatively stiff composite material having binding material and reinforcing material drawn through the binding material, and having a mounting end. At least two insulatedly separated conductors are within the composite material, each conductor having a first end exiting the support member body at a first portion and a second end exiting the support member body at a second portion separate from the first portion and drawn through reinforcing material with the binding material.

Abstract: A biomedical signal cable that is applicable to also serving as an antenna for radio transmissions. The biomedical signal cable is a connects a medical telemetery having a radio transmission function and a biomedical electrode and places a selective high-resistance body with respect to a radio signal at a position away from a base of the signal cable by approximately a ¼ wavelength of the transmission frequency of the medical telemetery.

Abstract: A cable emission reduction apparatus comprises a conductive cable core, a filter, and a cable shield. The conductive cable core extends longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The filter is coupled to and encases the conductive cable core, and extends longitudinally only a portion of the conductive cable core length, positioned between the first end and the second end. The cable shield is coupled to and encases the conductive cable core and the filter. The cable shield extends longitudinally from the first end over the filter and terminating prior to the second end.

Abstract: The present invention includes a twisted pair cable having a plurality of pairs, wherein each has two conductors. Each of the conductors is covered with an inner layer insulator and an outer layer insulator, wherein the positioning of the conductors within the inner and outer insulators is eccentric with respect to the inner and outer insulators. This invention also includes a method of making a cable of the same configuration.

Abstract: A cable channel filler or spline and a cable containing the cable channel filler or spline in its core. The channel filler extends longitudinally and has a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending open pockets in which cables, such as unshielded twisted pair cables, are placed and form part of the core. The core containing the twisted pair cables in the pockets is jacketed. The longitudinal pockets have a cross-sectional area that is greater than the envelope diameter of the twisted pair cable to be placed in the pocket. The channel filler has an imbedded shield that extends into each of the channel filler pocket legs and is preferably prepared from a single tape. Alternatively when two tapes are used for the shield, the first tape has three shield legs and with one leg being a folded over leg and the second tape forms the fourth leg and has 20 to 50 percent—at least {fraction (1/16)} in. of one of its sides encased by the folded over portion of the first tape.

Abstract: A tube-covered article that can reduce a space for storing a tubular cover member for covering an article with a tubular cover member so as to realize a saving in resources, while mounting a tube with excellent performance even in a narrow space. The invention provides a cylindrical tube-covered article, in which the tubular cover member (2) covers the article (5) as a result of room temperature recovery thereof after withdrawing a cylindrical support (1), the tube having a length larger than the cylindrical support, and an inner diameter approximately equal to or smaller than the outer diameter of the article (5) to be covered. The tube (2) is expanded around the periphery of the support (1) and collapsibly folded along the longitudinal direction thereof before application to the article (5).

Abstract: A high density of electrical interconnection together with well controlled electrical transmission characteristics, low emissivity from the cable and low susceptibility to external electromagnetic interference are obtained in a PET machine with an interconnection harness formed of a ribbon cable with an inner and outer shield. The inner shield together with alternate conductors of the ribbon cable provide a signal return and the outer shield provides an earth ground reducing the susceptibility of the conductors to external electrical noise and reducing emissions from the cable.

Abstract: A cable has a cable core, an inner cable sheath, an outer sheath, and a sensor. The sensor may extend along the cable for detecting a detectable substance inside the cable. In addition, the sensor may be arranged between the inner cable sheath and the outer sheath for detecting such substance outside the inner cable sheath. Furthermore, the cable may include a structured material between the inner cable sheath and the outer sheath arranged to allow any detectable substance entering between the inner cable sheath and the outer sheath to travel along the perimeter of the inner cable sheath to reach the sensor. The structured material may be configured to create at least one interstice between the inner cable sheath and the outer sheath. The at least one interstice may be configured to collect at least a portion of the detectable substance and to be intersected by the sensor.

Abstract: Insulated multi-core electric power cable for use with an electric motor or equivalent power consumer comprising an electrically insulating outer layer with a specified maximum operating temperature rating, and one or more inner conductors each conductor or group of conductors being insulated with insulation material also specified with a maximum operating temperature rating, whereby the temperature rating of the cable outer insulation layer is lower than that of the inner conductor insulation.

Abstract: EMI shielding for high voltage interconnection cables in corona charging systems. The corona charger includes a high voltage conductor to transmit energy from a power supply to the corona charger. A high frequency voltage, grounded conductive shield surrounds the high voltage conductor. The grounded conductive shield is formed from a conductive fabric having at least one grounding tab formed from said conductive fabric. A foam spacer is located between the shield and the conductor.

Abstract: A shielded assembly that includes a power source for generating electricity, a device for converting the electricity into optical energy, a device for converting the optical energy into electrical energy, and a load connected to the electrical energy. At least one lead connected to the load is shielded with nanomagnetic material.

Abstract: An assembly for shielding an implanted medical device from the effects of high-frequency radiation and for emitting magnetic resonance signals during magnetic resonance imaging. The assembly includes an implanted medical device and a magnetic shield comprised of nanomagnetic material disposed between the medical device and the high-frequency radiation. In one embodiment, the magnetic resonance signals are detected by a receiver, which is thus able to locate the implanted medical device within a biological organism.

Abstract: A signal transmission cable, formed in a flat and flexible shape, comprises an insulating body as outmost layer of the signal transmission cable. A woven fabric layer is arranged within the insulating body. A tin foil is arranged within the woven fabric layer. Two signal lines are encapsulated within the tin foil, and two power lines are placed within the insulating body. The signal lines and the power lines respectively are covered with an insulating layer. The signal transmission cable therefore constructed is easily wound and reduces the fabrication cost.

Abstract: An EMI suppressing cable, includes a core wire bundle, a shielding layer and a sheath layer. The core wire bundle includes a plurality of core wires respectively covered with insulative covering layers, and ferrite compound-mixed resin layers are respectively covering the insulative covering layers. The shielding layer covers the core wire bundle. The sheath layer covers the shielding layer.

Abstract: A method and structure for suppressing EMI, especially cross talks among electrical cables, is incorporated in a semiconductor test system, thereby achieving high test reliability and high test speed at low cost. The noise suppression structure includes an electrical cable, a ferrite core attached to the electrical cable to suppress noise among adjacent cables, and means for attaching the ferrite core around the electrical cable. Another aspect is a method for producing the noise suppression structure in the foregoing.

Abstract: A coaxial cable has a return loss higher than 36 dB and a structural return loss higher than 38 dB within the frequency range from 500 to 1000 MHz. The coaxial cable has a polyolefin inner solid insulating layer having an adhesive strength of between 40 and 60 lb/in2 to a central conductor, an intermediate foamed polyolefin layer surrounding the polyolefin inner solid insulating layer, an outer polyolefin solid insulating layer surrounding the intermediate foamed polyolefin layer, a metallic screen layer that has of a shield made of a metallic foil and a braid surrounding the outer polyolefin solid insulation layer, and a protective jacket surrounding the metallic screen layer.

Abstract: A insulated conducting wire (ICW) comprising: a metal microwire and an inorganic cladding; wherein the microwire is positioned within the cladding; wherein the outer diameter of the microwire is less then the inner diameter of the cladding, such that there is a gap between the microwire and the cladding. A process of making a wire, comprising the steps of: drawing an inorganic tube through a heating zone such that the inner diameter of the tube is reduced; inserting a microwire into the tube whereby the tube becomes a cladding; and adjusting the draw process parameters such that the inner diameter of the cladding becomes larger than the outer diameter of the microwire.

Abstract: An insulated electrical conductor with preserved functionality in case of fire includes a metallic conductor, a first glass and/or mica containing layer, which is applied to the conductor, and a second plastic layer sheathing the first layer. The first layer consists of at least two longitudinally introduced strips of glass and/or mica applied to the conductor, the width of which is selected such that each of the strips overlaps itself by at least 50%.

Abstract: A high density of electrical interconnection together with well controlled electrical transmission characteristics, low emissivity from the cable and low susceptibility to external electromagnetic interference are obtained in a PET machine with an interconnection harness formed of a ribbon cable with an inner and outer shield. The inner shield together with alternate conductors of the ribbon cable provide a signal return and the outer shield provides an earth ground reducing the susceptibility of the conductors to external electrical noise and reducing emissions from the cable.

Abstract: A transmission cable structure includes one or more propagation channels. Two insulated conductors in each of the propagation channels are joined to each other tightly as a single piece, a first cover and at least one drain wire disposed outside each of the propagation channels for location and shield, a second covering and a jacket enclosed outside the first cover and the drain wire for forming electrical shield. Therefore, the two insulated conductors joined to each other tightly can ensure the symmetry of the transmission signal, also can prevent noise effectively and the electromagnetic wave of different loops by the double shield spaces formed by the first covering and the second covering in the transmission cable, so as to improve the transmission quality of the electronic signal.

Abstract: A detectable woven tape having multiple metallic conductors for use in detection of underground dielectric communications cable is provided. The tape provides low electrical resistance at a range of frequencies to help to permit detection of buried cable in different field conditions using commercially available detection equipment. In particular, the tape helps to provide detection of buried cable over a long distance or over a long span of conduit. The tape is lightweight and flexible and suited for use in detecting and installing fiber optic communications cable.

Abstract: A cable assembly has a number of wires each having a central conductor and a surrounding insulating layer. Each wire is unshielded from the other wires, so that the conductor is the only conductive portion of the wire. Each wire has a first end and an opposed second end. The first ends of the wires are secured to each other in a flat ribbon portion in a first sequential arrangement, and the second ends of the wires are secured to each other in the same sequence as the first arrangement, with indicia identifying a selected wire in the sequence. The intermediate portions of the wires are detached from each other, and a sheath having a braided conductive shield may loosely encompass the wires, permitting significant flexibility of the cable.

Abstract: To disclose a biomedical signal cable ideally applicable to also serving as an antenna for radio transmissions. The biomedical signal cable according to the present invention is a biomedical signal cable that connects a medical telemetery having a radio transmission function and a biomedical electrode and places a selective high-resistance body with respect to a radio signal, for example, a ferrite core 120 at a position away from a base 110 of a signal cable 100 by approximately a ¼ wavelength of the transmission frequency of the medical telemetery. In this way, the present invention makes a high frequency signal produce resonance, thereby improving an antenna efficiency of the biomedical signal cable.

Abstract: A low cost, high performance, water-swellable, flexible reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The water-swellable reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement members, but are less rigid than glass pultruded rods. Communications cables utilizing these members are lightweight, water-swellable and exhibit an improved combination of strength and flexibility compared to traditional communications cables. Further, these communication cables may then be installed into underground ducts using more economical and faster installation techniques.

Abstract: A structure of a speaker signal line having a middle filler layer, a plurality of transmission conductors and an outer coating portion, wherein, the middle filler layer is comprised of many hollow tubes. The transmission conductors are equidistantly spaced and wrapped over the middle filler layer. The coating portion is made of polyvinyl chloride composition. The middle filler lay is formed in the way of entangling to increase its strength and flexibility. The transmission conductors are spaced mutually in different layers and wrapped over the middle filler layer in mutual contrary directions. All the elements above are combined together by adding the outer coating portion, thereby, the inductive resistance induced by the transmission conductors equidistantly spaced in different layers and wrapped in mutual contrary directions can be mutually offset.

Abstract: An EMI-suppressing cable includes a signal wire, a shielding layer formed on an outer surface of the signal wire, and a magnetic material layer formed on an outer surface of the shielding layer, and having a ferrite resin layer and a film. The ferrite resin layer is formed on one face of the film so as to form a two-layer structure. The magnetic material layer is wound on the shielding layer.

Abstract: A structure of signal line comprising a core portion, a middle filler layer, an obscuring layer and a coating portion, the core portion is a transmission conductor with a rectangular cross section; the obscuring layer has at least a knitted metallic obscuring layer; the coating portion has at least a layer made of polyvinyl chloride composition; and the middle filler layer is comprised of a plurality of hollow tubes. The core portion is tangled with the middle filler layer to make the line stronger in addition to being flexible, so that the line will not have the core portion damaged when it is bent to deform, plus the obscuring function of the obscuring layer, the interference among a magnetic field, radio frequencies and static electricity can be reduced, thereby, attenuation rate of the line can be reduced, distortion of the line can be smaller, and high quality of the line can be obtained.

Abstract: A sheath-core composite conductive fiber having a sheath component made of a fiber-forming polymer containing conductive carbon black, is characterized in that, with respect to an inscribed circle of a core component and an inscribed circle of a sheath component in a cross section of the fiber, a radius (R) of the inscribed circle of the sheath component and a distance (r) between the centers of two inscribed circles satisfy a specific relationship, and a sheath-core composite conductive fiber having: a core component made of a polyester containing ethylene terephthalate as a main component, and a sheath component made of a mixture of a copolyester wherein ethylene terephthalate accounts for 10 to 90 mol % of constituent units thereof and carbon black. The conductive fiber can be used alone or in combination with other fibers in various applications, e.g., special working clothes such as dust-free clothes and interiors such as carpets.

Abstract: A device for deterring displacement of a cable is effectuated in an embodiment of the invention by an enclosure that envelopes the cable and an affixing mechanism that couples the enclosure to the cable, where the cable is oriented in an assembly such that the enclosure contacts a feature internal to the assembly and deters displacement of the cable.

Abstract: An improved audio cable comprising at least one pair of first and second insulated conductors located on opposite sides of a shielding member that extends the entire length of the cable. The first and second conductors are located on opposite sides of the shielding member. Bores, also called lenses, are formed on the shielding member that allow exposure of the magnetic fields of the first and second conductors to reduce inductance. In the first embodiment, the shielding member is spiral with the conductors on opposite sides of the shielding member. The conductors and shielding member may be covered with an outer shielding member that only extends over the lenses or the entire length of the cable and covered by a durable, protective outer cover.