Flexible cables may include multiple power, ground, and signal traces, and include EM interference suppression devices within the cable itself. Signal traces may be shielded by ground traces. The body of a cable may be divided into lateral portions through which different types of traces extend. One lateral side of a cable body may include a stack of power traces, while another lateral side of the cable body may include ground and signal traces. EBG patterns may be incorporated into ground traces. Capacitors may be positioned within the cable along its length, mounted between power and ground traces, for decoupling.

The present invention generally relates to a data communication cable (100) comprising: a set of elongated bodies (102) each formed from an elastic material and having an unextended free length; and for each elongated body (102), a set of conductive wires (104) disposed along the elongated body (102), such that each conductive wire (104) is extendable to more than the free length of the elongated body (102), wherein at least one conductive wire (104) is configured for communicating data between electronic devices; and wherein the conductive wires (104) are extendable in response to extension of the elongated body (102), such that the extended data communication cable (100) remains useable for said data communication between the electronic devices.

An object is to provide a technique according to which it is possible to restrict a path of a wiring member while reducing the space taken up by the wiring member. A wiring member includes a wiring body and a plurality of linear transmission members. The wiring body is formed flat and includes a plate-like transmission member having a conductor plate formed to be rigid enough to maintain its own shape. The plurality of linear transmission members extend in the same direction as the wiring body and are fixed to the wiring body in a state of being arranged side by side in a width direction of the wiring body on a main surface of the wiring body.

An object is to provide a technique according to which it is possible to restrict a path of a wiring member while reducing the space taken up by the wiring member. A wiring member includes a wiring body and a plurality of linear transmission members. The wiring body is formed flat and includes a plate-like transmission member having a conductor plate formed to be rigid enough to maintain its own shape. The plurality of linear transmission members extend in the same direction as the wiring body and are fixed to the wiring body in a state of being arranged side by side in a width direction of the wiring body on a main surface of the wiring body.

A wiring member includes a plurality of wire-like transmission member groups, a plurality of connectors, and a base member. Each of the plurality of wire-like transmission member groups includes a plurality of wire-like transmission members. End portions of the wire-like transmission members are connected to the plurality of connectors. The base member planarly positions and holds at least intermediate parts of the plurality of wire-like transmission member groups.

A laminate body includes a plurality of dielectric sheets laminated together. A first ground conductor is provided in or on the laminate body. A second ground conductor is provided in or on the laminate body and located on a different layer from the first ground conductor. A signal line is provided between the ground conductors and with respect to a direction of lamination. A signal line is provided between the ground conductors and with respect to the direction of lamination and located closer to the second ground conductor than the signal line is, and the signal line has a portion extending along the signal line in a parallel-lines area when viewed from the direction of lamination. The first ground conductor has openings in the parallel-lines area, and the openings are arranged over the signal line when viewed from the direction of lamination.

A flat cable (100) includes an insulative carrier (20) extending along a front-to-back direction, a set of signal conductors (10) held by the insulative carrier, and a metal grid layer (30) attached to the insulative carrier. The insulative carrier has a top face facing upwardly and a bottom face facing downwardly. The insulative carrier defines a set of receiving passageways (210) disposed along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction. The set of signal conductors extend along the front-to-back direction and have different pitches along the transverse direction. The metal grid layer is attached to the top face or the bottom face. The metal grid layer has different densities along the front-to-back direction in order to make the impedance of the flat cable consistent along the front-to-back direction.

The present disclosure provides a method for stacking a plurality of optical fibre ribbons in an optical fibre cable. The method includes a step of arranging a plurality of optical fibre ribbon stacks in a hexagonal arrangement in the optical fibre cable. The method may further include stacking the plurality of optical fibre ribbons to form an optical fibre ribbon stack such that the optical fibre ribbon stack may have a parallelogram shape. Each optical fibre ribbon is placed at an offset from adjacent optical fibre ribbon. The optical fibre ribbon stack may have a stack height. In addition, each optical fibre ribbon of the plurality of optical fibre ribbons may have a ribbon height. The hexagonal arrangement may have the packaging density greater than 80%.

A cable combination device includes joint terminals configured to be mounted at a joint part formed by jointing a main cable and a branch cable to each other to fix the main cable and the branch cable; a housing configured to have the joint part inserted and mounted therein; and a clip configured to be provided on the housing and fixed to a vehicle body, such that moisture introduction may be prevented by improving water proof performance of the cable, and the cable may be stably mounted in a vehicle by the clip. Therefore, a wiring of the vehicle may be lightened, and at the same time, a cost may be decreased, thereby making it possible to improve marketability.

A flat cable includes: a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel; an insulating layer formed, on first surfaces of the plurality of conductors and on second surfaces that are opposite surfaces of the first surfaces, along the plurality of conductors; an exposed portion where the first surfaces at end portions of the conductors are exposed to outside; and a reinforcement plate formed on the second surfaces opposite to the exposed portion. On the second surfaces opposite to the exposed portion, the reinforcement plate is directly formed on the conductors, and on the second surfaces opposite to the first surfaces that are in continuous with the exposed portion, the reinforcement plate is formed between the conductors and the insulating layer on the second surfaces.