A multi-core flat cable for a vehicle includes a sheath covering two power wires and at least two signal wires. A pair of the signal wires is twisted and is configured as one twisted pair of signal wires. On a section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a ratio (long-axis dimension/short-axis dimension) of a long-axis dimension to a short-axis dimension is equal to or greater than 1.8.

Disclosed are a flat cable and a WIFI connection line, where the flat cable includes flat wires and an insulation layer wrapped around the flat wires. The flat wires include one power line, four signal lines and two ground lines arranged at intervals, and a width of the power line and a width of each ground line are both greater than a width of each signal line.

A shielded electrical cable includes conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the films in combination substantially surround each conductor set. An adhesive layer bonds the shielding films together in the pinched portions of the cable. A transverse bending of the cable at a cable location of no more than 180 degrees over an inner radius of at most 2 mm causes a cable impedance of the selected insulated conductor proximate the cable location to vary by no more than 2 percent from an initial cable impedance measured at the cable location in an unbent configuration.

An automated assembly sensor cable has a generally wide and flat elongated body and a registration feature generally traversing the length of the body so as to identify the relative locations of conductors within the body. This cable configuration facilitates the automated attachment of the cable to an optical sensor circuit and corresponding connector. In various embodiments, the automated assembly sensor cable has a conductor set of insulated wires, a conductive inner jacket generally surrounding the conductor set, an outer jacket generally surrounding the inner jacket and a registration feature disposed along the surface of the outer jacket and a conductive drain line is embedded within the inner jacket. A strength member may be embedded within the inner jacket.

A lower insulating layer 122 bonded on lower surfaces 112 of conductors 110, a lower dielectric layer 132 bonded on a lower surface 122a of the insulating layer 122, a lower shield layer 142a bonded on a lower surface 132a of the lower dielectric layer 132, a terminal T in which the conductors 110 are exposed at an end in a longitudinal direction, a reinforcing plate 160 bonded on the lower surface 122a of the lower insulating layer 122 and the lower surfaces 112 of the conductors 110 at the terminal T, and a grounding member 170 bonded on a lower surface 162 of the reinforcing plate 160 and a lower surface 142a of the lower shield layer 142 to be electrically coupled to the lower shield layer 142 are provided, wherein the grounding member 170 extends to under the terminal T.

With respect to a connector for attachment to a shielded flat cable including a signal wire and a ground wire arranged in parallel, an insulating layer covering the signal wire and the ground wire; and a first shield layer and a second shield layer respectively covering both sides of the insulating layer, wherein a terminal in which the signal wire and the ground wire are exposed is formed on a first shield layer side at an end in a longitudinal direction, the connector includes a casing, wherein the casing includes a bottom to face the first shield layer or the second shield layer, a top to face the first shield layer or the second shield layer, a side wall connected to the bottom and the top, a signal wire contact member, a ground wire contact member, and the connector further includes a signal wire contact member configured to come in contact with the signal wire of the terminal upon the shielded flat cable being attached, a ground wire contact member configured to come in contact with the ground wire of the terminal upon the shielded flat cable being attached, a first shield layer contact member configured to come in contact with the first shield layer upon the shielded flat cable being attached, and a second shield layer contact member configured to be electrically coupled to the second shield layer upon the shielded flat cable being attached, wherein the ground wire contact member is electrically coupled to the first shield layer contact member.

An electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property. Also provided are a covered electric wire and a wiring harness containing the electric wire conductor. An electric wire conductor contains a wire strand containing a plurality of elemental wires twisted together. The electric wire conductor has a flat portion in which a cross section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. Assuming a conductor cross-sectional area of the flat portion as s mm.sup.2 and a vacancy ratio defined as a ratio of vacancies not occupied by the elemental wires in a cross section of the flat portion as v %, the conductor cross-sectional area and the vacancy ratio satisfies v>0.29 s+2.0. The covered electric wire contains electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the conductor. The wiring harness contains the covered electric wire.

A non-metallic cable includes at least two circuit conductors each disposed within a first insulator, a grounding conductor, and a first jacket in which the at least two circuit conductors and the grounding conductor extend. The non-metallic cable further includes two control conductors, each control conductor disposed within a second insulator, and a second jacket made from a thermoplastic material in which the two control conductors extend. The first jacket is connected to the second jacket.

An electrical cable assembly is presented herein. The electrical cable assembly includes a multiconductor flat cable including a first and second electrically conductive wire arranged in a coplanar fashion with each other and encased within a planar dielectric structure. A slot is defined in the planar dielectric structure intermediate the first and second wires, thereby forming first wing features in the dielectric structure extending from the first wire and second wing features extending from the second wire. Exposed portions of the first and second wires extend beyond the first and second wing features. A method of forming the electrical cable assembly, an apparatus for forming the electrical cable assembly, and an electrical terminal configured for use in the electrical cable assembly is also presented. The wing features may include holes and the terminals may include prongs to be received in the holes.

A cable of the disclosure may include insulated conductors arranged in a spaced apart generally coplanar configuration, a jacket encapsulating the insulated conductors and having a generally rounded rectangular cross-section and at least one spline along a minor edge of the jacket and at least one channel along a major edge, and an armor layer applied about the jacket.