A composite cable which makes it possible to improve disconnection resistance of a signal line. The composite cable includes a signal line part, a pair of power supply lines, and a sheath. The signal line part is composed of a first signal line and a second signal line twisted together. Each of the first signal line and the second signal line is composed of a pair of wires twisted together. The sheath covers an outer circumference of a wire bundle composed of the signal line part and a pair of power supply lines, the signal line part and the pair of power supply lines being twisted together. The signal line part is covered with a shield conductor formed of a conductive element wire spirally wound around the outer circumference of the signal line part.

A flat cable includes a first region including a first conducting wire, a second region including a second conducting wire and divided from the first region by a slit provided between the first conducting wire and the second conducting wire, the first region and the second region being at least partially overlapped with each other when viewed in a thickness direction of the flat cable.

Provided is a composite cable pair with which it is possible to reduce the difference in durability between a right-wheel composite cable and a left-wheel composite cable. A composite cable pair includes a right-wheel composite cable and a left-wheel composite cable. One end of the composite cable is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the vehicle body side or the chassis side of an automobile, and the other end thereof is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the right wheel side. One end of the composite cable is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the vehicle body side or the chassis side of the automobile, and the other end thereof is fixed to a cable fixing portion on the left wheel side. Wires of the respective wire bundles of the composite cable and the composite cable are twisted in twisting directions that are opposite to each other so that the twisting is tightened, without loosening, by an operation of the handle.

A smart cord for a corded power tool comprising: a connectivity module connected to the corded power tool and to a power socket through an AC power cord sensors electrically coupled with the corded power tool; a GPS module coupled with at least a location sensor for determining set of coordinates associated with the corded power tool; a switching device electrically coupled with a controller unit in the connectivity module; a user interface device in communication with the controller unit by a communication module. The controller unit performs: receiving input signals from the sensors; determining based on the received input signals or set of coordinates, whether the received input signal exceeds a threshold parameter and/or the corded power tool is located inside a predetermined boundary area; and generating and transmitting an alert signal to the user interface device.

A power cable (10) includes at least one electrical conductor (12) and at least one interstice (14) in the vicinity of the electrical conductor (12). The cable (10) further has at least one electronic device (18) for radiofrequency identification and at least one tube (16) arranged in the at least one interstice (14) and containing the electronic device (18) for radiofrequency identification.

A vehicle circuit body is provided. The vehicle circuit body includes a bent portion which is formed by bending a plurality of conductor plates with a convex shape toward one side of a lamination direction in which the plurality of conductor plates are laminated, the plurality of conductor plates being laminated such that adjacent conductor plates are spaced apart from each other; and a rigid portion where the plurality of conductor plates extending from the bent portion are joined together to form a single layer. The bent portion is arranged at a position which faces an inner corner or outer corner of a concave-convex shape formed on a body panel.

Systems, devices, and methods for drain cleaning using high voltage, high frequency AC electrical power supplied through a video push-cable are disclosed. In one embodiment, a drain cleaning system may include a cable for carrying electrical control and/or data signals as well as alternating current (AC) power at a high voltage and high frequency relative to AC mains frequencies.

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%.

A portable inspection unit is provided. The portable inspection unit may include a unit body, a flexible cable, and an imager housing. The flexible cable may extend from the unit body and the imager housing may be disposed at a distal end of the flexible cable. The portable inspection unit may include a grasper that extends and retracts from the imager housing.

The invention as described herein in includes a traveling gate grounding assembly that includes a traveling gate having a gate panel with a front surface, a conducting cable that extends from an initial attachment point on the gate panel to a terminal attachment point on the gate panel. The traveling gate is electrically connected to the conducting cable. Also included is a floating ground comprising at least one grounding pulley that is electrically connectable to a ground line, wherein the conducting cable is slideably engaged with a wheel of the grounding pulley and is electrically connectable to a ground line via the grounding pulley.

Also included are traveling gate grounding systems that can be retrofitted to a gate panel including a conducting cable, at least one fastener capable of securing the conducting cable to a gate panel; and a floating ground comprising at least one grounding pulley that is electrically connectable to a ground line and to the conducting cable, wherein a wheel of the grounding pulley is capable of being slideably engaged with the conducting pulley and is simultaneously electrically connectable to a ground line and the conducting cable; wherein, in situ, the gate panel is in electrical communication with the floating ground.