Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes substantially simultaneously applying a pre-determined voltage to a conductive layer and to one or more electrodes of a touch sensor. The conductive layer is spatially separated from the electrodes by at least a thickness of a substrate. The method also includes determining a difference between a measurement current of one or more of the electrodes and a reference value; and determining whether a proximity or touch input to the touch sensor has occurred based at least in part on the difference.

Abstract: A wire harness includes a wire bundle, an elongated object, and a covering member. The covering member is made of a single sheet-shaped nonwoven member and covers the wire bundle and the elongated object. The covering member includes a first portion that is wound around the wire bundle and is hot-pressed, and a second portion that is continuous with the first portion and that covers the elongated object on the first portion.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a braided chemical fibre cable in which at least one electric conductor is contained, in which the cable is thermally stretched together with the conductor contained therein.

Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes a pair of inner conductors; an insulator that separately or integrally covers the pair of inner conductors; an outer conductor disposed around the insulator; a wrapping tape wound around the outer conductor; and a drain wire disposed outside of the wrapping tape, the drain wire being electrically connected to the outer conductor for grounding the outer conductor.

Abstract: Molded splitter structures and systems and methods for manufacturing molded splitter structures are disclosed.

Abstract: A medical lead is provided for use in a pulse stimulation system of the type which includes a pulse generator for producing electrical stimulation therapy. The lead comprises an elongate insulating body and at least one electrical conductor within the insulating body. The conductor has a proximal end configured to be electrically coupled to the pulse generator and has a DC resistance in the range of 375-2000 ohms. At least one distal electrode is coupled to the conductor.

Abstract: A medical lead is provided for use in a pulse stimulation system of the type which includes a pulse generator for producing electrical stimulation therapy. The lead comprises an elongate insulating body and at least one electrical conductor within the insulating body. The conductor has a proximal end configured to be electrically coupled to the pulse generator and has a DC resistance in the range of 375-2000 ohms. At least one distal electrode is coupled to the conductor.

Abstract: A medical lead is configured to be implanted into a patient's body and comprises a lead body, and an electrode coupled to the lead body. The electrode comprises a first section configured to contact the patient's body, and a second section electrically coupled to the first section and configured to be capacitively coupled to the patient's body.

Abstract: A medical lead is provided for use in a pulse stimulation system of the type which includes a pulse generator for producing electrical stimulation therapy. The lead comprises an elongate insulating body and at least one electrical conductor within the insulating body. The conductor has a proximal end configured to be electrically coupled to the pulse generator and has a DC resistance in the range of 375-2000 ohms. At least one distal electrode is coupled to the conductor.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a multi-core cable including: at least one ground wire which is arranged in a center or its vicinity in a cross section perpendicular to a length direction of the cable; plural insulated wires arranged in a periphery of the ground wire; an overall shield layer which covers a periphery of the insulated wires; and a sheath which covers a periphery of the overall shield layer.

Abstract: A method of wrapping elongate material with a sheath having first and second single-sided adhesive tapes the tapes laminated to one another with an offset, a free edge of the first adhesive tape aligned parallel to the center axis such that, relative to the center axis of the material, the adhesive of the first adhesive tape lies outwards, the first adhesive tape of the sheath guided by the free edge onto the material, and wound around the material so that the first adhesive tape essentially completely envelopes the material, the second adhesive tape also wound around the material, the exposed adhesive of the second adhesive tape bonding to the exposed adhesive of the first adhesive tape, so that the material is surrounded by at least two plies of adhesive tape.

Abstract: A cylindrical electromagnetic bandgap to reduce electromagnetic interference of a cable and a coaxial cable having the same includes a conductor patch having a curved surface to be spaced apart from the surface of the cylindrical cable to an outer side by a predetermined gap distance, and a via connecting the surface of the cylindrical cable to the conductor patch.

Abstract: In a printed wiring board including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer provided via an insulator layer, at least three guard ground wirings extending along a pair of signal wirings provided in the first wiring layer and supplied with a ground potential are provided between the pair of signal wirings. Thus, crosstalk noise can be reduced without widening a wiring area between the pair of signal wirings.

Abstract: A method for making hollow stiffening elements with co-curing technique on a structure made of composite material 1 includes the use of at least a lamination and polymerization spindle 2 upon which is positioned at least a rolled section 3. The rolled section 3 forms at least a hollow structure 11 where there is the spindle 2, including the following operational phases: coating the spindle 2 with at least a first anti-adherent layer 41; coating the spindle 2 with at least a second heat-shrinking layer 42; heating the coated spindle 2; positioning the spindle 2 on the surface of the structure 1; laminating the surface 1 through at least a rolled section 3; heating the structure 1 with at least a positioned rolled section 3; extracting the spindle 2 from the hollow structure 11.

Abstract: A dual axial cable that may include two substantially parallel and substantially adjacent wires, wherein each wire is formed from an electrical conductor surrounded throughout its length by a bifurcated electrical insulator. Each bifurcated electrical insulator may include a first portion of electrically insulative material and a second portion of electrically insulative material having a dielectric constant substantially higher than a dielectric constant of the first portion, such that a cross-section of each wire includes its respective first portion and respective second portion. The cable may be configured such that throughout the length of the cable, the second portions of each of the two wires are substantially adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A twinax cable is described. The twinax cable has at least one twinax wire pair with a first shield tape wrapped around it and then surrounded by a second shield tape wrapped around the twinax wire pair and the first shield tape. The shield tapes are wrapped such that the metallic sides of the tape face and make contact with each other.

Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes two core wires, and a foamed insulation that collectively covers the two core wires by foaming extrusion molding. The foamed insulation is not more than 5% in a dispersion of foaming degree defined below in a cut surface when the cable is cut orthogonally to a longitudinal direction of the cable. In the cut surface, five regions are determined according to a predetermined procedures and a foaming degree (%) of the respective regions is measured. The dispersion of the foaming degree is defined by a difference between a foaming degree (%) in the region with a maximum foaming degree and a foaming degree (%) in the region with a minimum foaming degree.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a cable for signal transmission and a method for producing such a cable. The cable comprises one or more wire pairs extending in a longitudinal direction, each of said wire pairs including two conductors each separately surrounded by a dielectric layer. At least one of said one or more wire pairs comprises a conductive shield being wrapped in a rotational direction along and about the longitudinal axis of the wire pair such that a longitudinal side of a wrap overlaps a preceding wrap. The conductive shield is applied with an angle (?) that differs between different wraps such that the conductive shield lay length (L) varies along the length of said cable.

Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes an insulated wire including a pair of differential signal transmission conductors coated with an insulation, a shield tape conductor made of a band-like member including an electrically conductive metal layer, and wrapped along an outer surface of the insulated wire so that its ends in a width direction are overlapped together, a first resin tape spirally wound along an outer surface of the shield tape conductor and around an outer side of the shield tape conductor, and a second resin tape spirally wound along an outer surface of the first resin tape and around an outer side of the first resin tape. The shield tape conductor, the first resin tape and the second resin tape are wound in a same circumferential direction around a center axis of the insulated wire.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing security for authentication devices—such as electronically readable cards or ID badges with embedded RFID chips or NFC capability—may include an envelope or pocket-like case for carrying an electronically readable card, having an electrically conductive, non-opaque sleeve that can be moved to cover or expose the electronically readable card and that prevents information on the card from being electronically read when covered yet still allows the card to be seen when covered. In one or more embodiments, the sleeve may be a wire mesh that is flexible enough to be compressed to expose the card yet stiff (or rigid) enough to be extended to cover the card and that is transparent enough to allow reading visual information on the surface of the card when covering the card. Protection can be switched off by a mechanical switch that leaves the protection normally on.

Abstract: The invention provides a printed circuit board for mobile platforms. An exemplary embodiment of the printed circuit board for mobile platforms includes a core substrate having a first side. A ground plane covers the first side. A first insulating layer covers the ground plane. A plurality of first signal traces and a plurality of first ground traces are alternatively arranged on the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer connects to the first insulating layer. A plurality of second signal traces separated from each other is disposed on the second insulating layer, wherein the second signal traces are disposed directly on spaces between the first signal traces and the first ground traces adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board for connecting external modules, includes a high-frequency signal wiring board and a low-frequency signal wiring board. Side edges of the high-frequency signal wiring board and the low-frequency signal wiring board are connected to each other. The low-frequency signal wiring board is folded toward the high-frequency signal wiring board to form a stacked double-layer board structure. Each of two ends of the high-frequency signal wiring board extends to form a connecting board for connecting the external module. A flexible printed circuit board combination includes two flexible printed circuit boards.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine has an electrical harness formed from a flexible printed circuit board which provides a plurality of spaced conductive tracks. The conductive tracks are grouped into plural layers of tracks, the track layers being spaced apart and extending substantially parallel to each other. The tracks of each track layer form respective circuits which all have impedances lying within a respective range for that track layer. The impedances ranges are non-overlapping. The highest voltage differentials between tracks produced during indirect lightning strikes will thus tend to be between tracks of different track layers rather than between tracks of the same track layer.

Abstract: A differential signaling cable according to the present invention comprises: a pair of signal conductors provided in parallel; an insulator which covers the periphery of the pair of signal conductors in a batch; and a shield conductor provided on the outer periphery of the insulator, in which an interval between the pair of signal conductors is specified so that even-mode impedance becomes 1.5 to 1.9 times odd-mode impedance.

Abstract: An implantable control module for an implantable electrical stimulation system includes a housing with at least a portion of the exterior forming a metallic structure and at least a portion of the interior defining a sealed compartment. The control module further includes an electronic subassembly disposed in the sealed compartment; a connector assembly coupled to the housing and defining a port for receiving a lead; connector contacts disposed in the port to electrically couple with terminals of the lead; feedthrough interconnects extending from the connector assembly into the sealed compartment and coupling the connector contacts to the electronic subassembly; and a coil disposed within or on the housing and configured and arranged to be shorted when an external electromagnetic field is applied in order to resist generation of an eddy current in the metallic structure of the exterior of the sealed housing in response to the external electromagnetic field.

Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes at least one pair of inner conductors arranged in parallel and extending parallel to each other, and a foamed insulating material formed on the inner conductors by a collective extrusion coating and molding of a resin material by using a chemical foaming method and have a variation of foaming degree of not more than 1%. The variation of foaming degree is defined as a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value among foaming degrees (%) of the foamed insulating material at 20 positions at intervals of 50 cm in a longitudinal direction in an arbitrary part of 10 m cut out from the differential transmission cable.

Abstract: An electrical line with at least two leads composed of conductors surrounded by insulation (4) is proposed, where the leads are stranded together and are surrounded by a common electrical shield above which is mounted a circumferential layer of insulation material. The insulation (4) of the leads is composed of a poorly compressible, cross-linked elastomer insulation material whose insulation resistance constant at room temperature is greater than 4,000M?km. The shield (7) is composed of a non-woven fabric on the basis of polyamide which. is rendered electrically conductive through metallization.

Abstract: A shielded electrical ribbon cable is disclosed. The cable includes a plurality of conductor sets including a first conductor set adjacent a second conductor set. Each conductor set includes one or more insulated conductors. The cable further includes first and second shielding films disposed on opposite sides of the cable forming cover portions and pinched portions, where the cover portions substantially surround each conductor set, and the pinched portions form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor set. The insulated conductors in a conductor set are not in a same geometrical plane. A first insulated conductor of the first conductor set is nearest the second conductor set. A second insulated conductor of the second conductor set is nearest the first conductor set. The first and second insulated conductors have a center-to-center spacing S. The first insulated conductor has an outer dimension D1 and the second insulated conductor has an outer dimension D2. S/Dmin is in a range from 1.

Abstract: A braid for a wire harness includes a plurality of element wire bundles, each of which is formed of a plurality of element wires, and the plurality of element wire bundles being braided into a tubular shape. Each of the plurality of element wire bundles includes a metal element wire that has electrical conductivity, a plurality of resin element wires that have abrasion resistance and that are disposed to surround the metal element wire, and a drain metal element wire that has electrical conductivity and that is disposed with the resin element wires and contacts with the metal element wire. The drain metal element wires in the plurality of element wire bundles contact to each other.

Abstract: A leaky coaxial cable includes: a central conductor; an insulator configured to cover the central conductor; an external conductor wound around the insulator, having a thickness of 5 ?m to 44 ?m, and including multiple slots formed periodically in a longitudinal direction of the cable; a plastic film attached to the external conductor, and having a thickness of 5 ?m to 36 ?m; and an outer sheath configured to cover the external conductor and the plastic film, as well as characterized in that the plastic film is attached to a surface of the external conductor facing the outer sheath.

Abstract: A noise dampening tape and gasket material for reducing or preventing unwanted electromagnetic interference from escaping or entering an enclosure. The noise dampening gasket includes an inner core section, a carbon material layer surrounding the inner core section, an insulating layer surrounding the carbon material layer, and a metal shield layer surrounding the insulating layer. The noise dampening tape includes a metal shield layer, an insulating layer adjacent to and in contact with the metal shield layer, a carbon material layer adjacent to and in contact with the insulating layer, and an adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the carbon material layer. A second adhesive layer can be disposed on a surface of the metal shield layer. The carbon fibers can be coated with silicone or polytetrafluoroethylene to enhance mechanical and electrical properties of the carbon material layer.

Abstract: A separator structure for Cat 6 cable has a core (2); a shield layer (1) between the core (2) and a jacket, or a jacket (1); four conductor sets (3) each consisting of a pair of conductors (21), and insulating layers (22) covering the conductors provided inside the core (2); and a separator (25) among the four conductor set (3). The separator (25) has a shape of “V”, the bottom end of which is located at the center of the core (2) and the two sides of which respectively separate the adjacent conductor sets (3) from each other.

Abstract: A power cable having a water barrier laminate where the water barrier laminate has foil made of metal (1) laminated between at least two layers of non insulating polymer foils (2a, 2b) constituting a final laminate (3) that is non insulating.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a lightning current detection sensor that has a configuration resistant to high voltage and high current in a lightning strike and has high sensitivity and high resolution. In a lightning current detection sensor 10, an insulation-coated wire 22 wound in multiple turns is collectively covered with a base tape 21 and a cover tape 23. Thus, even when the insulation-coated wire 22 is wound in multiple turns to increase sensitivity, a minute area can be detected to increase resolution. Also, with the base tape 21 and the cover tape 23 covering the insulation-coated wire 22 and also a shield portion 12 made of an insulating material and a gap 40 formed between the shield portion 12 and the coil portion 20, a sufficient shielding property is ensured and detection with high accuracy can be performed against high current and high voltage without capacitative coupling.

Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of insulated electric wires disposed to be parallel with each other, and a shield layer formed of a metal foil composite tape spirally wound around the pair of insulated electric wires collectively. The shield layer is formed by folding the metal foil composite tape along a longitudinal direction of the metal foil composite tape such that a surface on which a metal foil is provided is located outside to provide a folded portion, and winding the metal foil composite tape around the pair of insulated electric wires such that at least a part of the folded portion is located at a spiral overlapped region of the metal foil composite tape.

Abstract: Apparatus that may help identify unauthorized removal of goods while maintaining a pleasing physical appearance, avoiding theft misidentifications, and allowing a high degree of customer interaction. One example may provide a signal path for conveying a signal that is active when a good or device is removed from a retail or other environment in an authorized manner. The signal path may be wired or wireless. In another example, a signal path for a sensor may be inconspicuously combined with a power cable. In another example, theft misidentifications may be prevented by not relying on connections that a customer is likely to interact with to detect a theft. Another example may provide a security device that may allow a high degree of customer interaction by unobtrusively attaching a sensor to the back of a good to be protected.

Abstract: Alien crosstalk in communication channels is decreased with the use of crosstalk-mitigating materials. Electrical communication cables may be provided with crosstalk-mitigating materials that surround twisted pairs in the cables. According to one embodiment, the crosstalk-mitigating material is an electrically resistive material having electrically conductive areas placed thereon. Such a material mitigates the effects of electrical and magnetic fields that would normally lead to alien crosstalk between communication channels.

Abstract: An implantable stimulation system comprises a stimulator for generating electrical stimulation and a conductive stimulation lead having a proximal end electrically coupled to the stimulator, wherein at least a first component of the impedance looking into the stimulator is substantially matched to the impedance of the stimulation lead. At least one distal stimulation electrode is positioned proximate the distal end of the stimulation lead.

Abstract: A cable assembly includes elongated conductors, primary dielectric layers, a secondary dielectric layer, a conductive shield layer and a drain wire. The conductors communicate a signal. The primary dielectric layer is circumferentially disposed around each of the conductors. The secondary dielectric layer surrounds the primary dielectric layers. The conductive shield layer is disposed around the secondary dielectric layer. The drain wire is provided along an outer surface of the conductive shield layer and is electrically coupled with the conductive shield layer. The conductive shield layer communicates electromagnetic interference to an electric ground reference via the drain wire.

Abstract: Cable assemblies include at least a first wire and a second wire. The wires are enclosed, using injection molding, by a respective layer of thermo-resistant material. During the injection molding, the first wire and second wire are kept substantially straight so as to avoid kinks in at least one of the first wire and the second wire that can develop subsequent to the molding if a wire is not substantially straight. The tension associated with the first wire and the second wire is kept within a predetermined range or below a predetermined threshold. The predetermined range/threshold depends on a temperature associated with the injection molding. The injection molding can provide a zip structure over the wires such that the zip structure can be zipped-together and zipped-apart to prevent entanglement of the wires when used by a user.

Abstract: A shielded electrical cable (2202) includes a conductor set (2204) and two generally parallel shielding films (2208) disposed around the conductor set (2204). The conductor set (2204) includes one or more substantially parallel longitudinal insulated conductors (2206). The shielding films (2208) include a parallel portion (2208) wherein the shielding films (2208) are substantially parallel. The parallel portion (2208) is configured to electrically isolate the conductor set (2204).

Abstract: A multilayer insulated electric wire having: a conductor; at least three extruded insulating layers covering the conductor; wherein an outermost layer (A) of the insulating layers is composed of an extruded coating layer containing a polyamide resin and the film thickness is 25 ?m or less, wherein an inner layer (B) of the extruded insulating layers is composed of an extruded coating layer containing a crystalline resin having a melting point of 225° C. or more or an amorphous resin having a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or more.

Abstract: A Metal-Clad cable that includes at least two conductor assemblies within a metal armored sheath. Each conductor assembly has an electrical conductor, an insulation layer extending around and along the length of each of the electrical conductors, a jacket layer disposed around the insulating layer and a polymeric protective layer disposed around the jacket layer along the length of each of the electrical conductors. A grounding/bonding strip is disposed within the cable and is in intimate contact with an interior surface of the metal sheath. If a grounding conductor is used, it is either in cabled relationship with the two conductor assemblies or is disposed along the length of the electrical conductors and the metal sheath is disposed over the at least two conductor assemblies and the grounding conductor.

Abstract: A cable seal includes a heat-shrinkable tubing coupled to a cable outer jacket. An elastic member is positioned about the heat-shrinkable tubing. A cap is positioned about the heat-shrinkable tubing. At least one of the elastic member and the cap has a vertical sealing surface and a horizontal sealing surface. The vertical sealing surface extends substantially coaxially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cable seal, and the horizontal sealing surface extends substantially radially with respect to the cable seal longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, a partial-discharge-resistant layer formed on the conductor and including an insulating coating material including a base resin coating material and an inorganic fine particle dispersed in the base resin coating material, and an adhesion layer formed between the conductor and the partial-discharge-resistant layer and including an insulating coating material including the base resin coating material and an adhesion improver. A decrease rate in adhesion strength of the adhesion layer to the conductor after 20% elongation relative to that before the elongation is less than 25%.

Abstract: A high conductivity wire and a method of manufacturing the same are described wherein the high conductivity wire includes three or more conducting wires. In the method, conducting wires cross each other and are coiled regularly and three dimensionally. The conducting wires are coated with an insulating material.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing dielectric polarization and dielectric relaxation within a signal wire by partially neutralizing the electric charge differential within the dielectric material between the signal conductor and the surrounding insulating dielectric material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable having a conductor surrounded by at a least one polymer layer having a polymer composition of the invention which has a polymer component and optionally a carbon black (CB) component, to a production process of the cable and to a polymer composition of the invention which has a polymer component and optionally a carbon black (CB) component and which is for use in a cable layer.

Abstract: A monitoring device is for monitoring physical characteristics of a building material. The monitoring device is buried inside a block of the building material, and has a sensor to sense physical characteristics thereof. The sensor transmits a signal representative of the physical characteristics.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a conductor cable for use in a lead and more specifically to methods and devices related to laser consolidation of the cable. The various conductor cable embodiments and methods provide for at least one end of the cable having a weld mass created by a laser welding process.