The present invention provides a movable cable, which has strength that is at least equal to conventional movable cables while having excellent flexural fatigue resistance and flexibility as well as being lightweight. This movable cable 10 has an electric conductor therein. The conductor comprises a first conductor 2 made of a specific aluminum alloy material wherein: the alloy composition contains, in mass %, 0.05-1.8% Mg, 0.01-2.0% Si, 0.01-1.5% Fe, and at least a total of 0.00-2.00% of one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr, Ti and Sn, the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities; the crystal grains have a fiber-like metal structure in which the crystal grains all extend in one direction; and in a cross-section parallel to the one direction, the average crystal grain dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is 400 nm or less. The ratio X of the area of the first conductor 2 in the whole conductor of the movable cable 10 is in the range of 10-100%.

The present invention relates to a fabric material-based flexible electrode and a manufacturing method thereof, and a fabric material-based flexible electrode according to the present invention comprises: a substrate (10) including multiple fibers (11) crossing each other; a bonding layer (20), on the substrate (10), including an amine group (NH2)-containing monomolecular substance adsorbed thereon; a nanoparticle layer (30), on the bonding layer (20), having metallic nanoparticles (31) coated thereon; and a plating layer (40), on the nanoparticle layer (30), having a predetermined metal electroplated thereon.

An aluminium based conductor made of an alloy has at least 98 wt % aluminium, from 0.25 to 0.45 wt % iron, from 0.07 to 0.25 wt % copper and from 0.001 to 0.10 wt % boron, having high strength and conductivity. The present arrangement also includes a method for obtaining such conductors.

A cable core including a body, a recess in the body, and a protrusion extending radially outwardly from the body and along the recess. A cable including a cable core having a body, a recess in the body, and a protrusion extending radially outwardly from the body and along the recess, a cladding disposed radially outwardly of the cable core and having an inside diameter in loaded contact with the protrusion, and a conductor disposed in the recess.

An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 μm long and a long side of 50 μm long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 μm in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 μm.sup.2.

An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 μm long and a long side of 50 μm long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 μm in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 μm.sup.2.

An aluminum alloy material has an alloy composition which includes at least one among 0.2-1.8 mass % of Mg, 0.2-2.0 mass % of Si, and 0.01-1.50 mass % of Fe, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and has a fibrous metal structure in which crystal grains extend in one direction. In a cross section parallel to the one direction, the average value of the dimensions of the crystal grains in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is 400 nm or less, and the primary surface of the aluminum alloy material has a crystal orientation distribution in which the ratio H (K100/K111) of K100 to K111 is at least 0.17 as determined by the X-ray pole figure method, where K100 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <100> is oriented in the longitudinal direction, and K111 is the sum of the diffraction intensities resulting from crystals in which <111> is oriented in the longitudinal direction.

A transmission line cable with conductors includes a metal-matrix composite (MMC) conductor of carbon nanotubes (CNT) dispersed in aluminum (Al) metal matrix. The concentration of CNT is uniform throughout an entirety of the MMC conductor.

A power conductor can include a plurality of copper-clad aluminum wires that are braided together to form a power braid. The power conductor can include an insulating sheath configured to enclose at least a portion of the power braid. The power conductor can be configured for use a power distribution system, and can be configured to electrically connect a transformer with a power distribution modules. The power conductor can be configured to connect to a conductive palm of the transformer and to a conductive contact of the power distribution module.

Provided is a fabric including a plurality of fibers disposed in a fabric configuration. At least one of the fibers comprises a device fiber having a device fiber body including a device fiber body material, having a longitudinal axis along a device fiber body length. A plurality of discrete devices are disposed as a linear sequence within the device fiber body along at least a portion of the device fiber body length. Each discrete device includes at least one electrical contact pad. The device fiber body includes device fiber body material regions disposed between adjacent discrete devices in the linear sequence, separating adjacent discrete devices. At least one electrical conductor is disposed within the device fiber body along at least a portion of the device fiber body length. The electrical conductor is disposed in electrical connection with an electrical contact pad of discrete devices within the device fiber body.