An example cable assembly includes: a plurality of conductors in a Litz cable arrangement, in which each of the plurality of conductors is electrically insulated from each other over at least a portion of a length of the Litz cable arrangement; a first layer of insulation over the Litz cable arrangement; an inner dielectric jacket over the first layer of insulation; and an outer jacket over the inner dielectric jacket.

An electric vehicle charging cable that includes two, three, four or more positive conductors and same number of negative conductors that are capable to conduct current at a certain value. The total cross-sectional areas of the conductors is equal or smaller than a total cross-sectional areas of hypothetical single positive and negative conductors that are capable to conduct current at that certain value.

An electric wire conductor is excellent in space saving and flexibility and is less likely to concentrate a load on specific elemental wires, and a covered electric wire and a wire harness contain the electric wire conductor. The electric wire conductor contains a wire strand containing a plurality of elemental wires twisted together. The wire strand has a sector-shaped part in which a cross-section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand contains either a single edge or two edges touching each other at an apex, and an outward curve connecting the ends of the single edge or the two edges. In the sector-shaped part, the elemental wires having deformation ratios from a circle lower at an outer peripheral part facing an outer periphery of the sector-shaped part than at a center part of the sector-shaped part located inside the outer peripheral part in the cross-section intersecting the axial direction.

A relay arrangement includes at least two series-connected relays, which are mechanically and electrically connected to a main printed circuit board via first terminals and second terminals, and at least one flat conductor for conducting current between the at least two series connected relays. The flat conductor is mechanically connected to the main printed circuit board and electrically and thermally connected to the first terminals of the relays, and the at least one flat conductor is configured to dissipate heat produced during operation of the relays.

A cable system is provided which is configured with both electric wires and a fluid conduit running through the axial passage of a surrounding flexible sheath of the cable. The system allows for communication of electricity over the wires for electrical circuits and concurrent communication of a fire ignition suppressant fluid or gas through the fluid conduit, to all points in an electric circuit using the cable. One or both of a dye or scent can be included in the ignition suppressant fluid.

A thermally conductive additive is excellent in thermal conductivity improvement effect and has high processability, and a thermally conductive composite material and a wire harness each contain such a thermally conductive additive. The thermally conductive additive includes an organic component and a metal-containing component, where the organic component is configured as an organic compound including a coordination part that can multidentate-coordinate to a metal, and at least one functional group bonded to the coordination part and having a conjugated π-electron system, and the organic component coordinates in the coordination part to a metal atom constituting the metal-containing component to form a coordination complex. The thermally conductive composite material includes the thermally conductive additive and a matrix material, where the thermally conductive additive is dispersed in the matrix material. The wire harness includes the thermally conductive composite material.

A busbar according to an embodiment includes an outer sheath enclosing a cavity and a metal foam contained in the cavity. A porosity formed within the metal foam is at least partially filled with a phase change material.

The present disclosure describes a connection line for high currents and voltages, the connection line having an electrically conductive strand bundle enclosed by an electrically insulating cable sheath, and at least one compensation region for compensating angle tolerances, position tolerances and relative movements between two portions of the connection line. The cable sheath may be interrupted in the compensation region. The strand bundle may be widened in a spindle-like manner to form at least three arcuate strands.

A shielded cable includes at least one electric wire or cable, a shield being provided around the at least one electric wire or cable and including a plurality of wires comprising a metal material, an insulating coating being provided around the shield in direct- and plane-contact with the plurality of wires. The insulating coating includes a base resin composed of acid-modified fluoropolymer, and a heat-dissipating filler included in the base resin. The heat-dissipating filler is electrically insulating and has at least one functional group of NH.sub.2 group and OH group on its surface.

A cable system is provided which is configured with both electric wires and a fluid conduit running through the axial passage of a surrounding flexible sheath of the cable. The system allows for communication of electricity over the wires for electrical circuits and concurrent communication of a fire ignition suppressant fluid or gas through the fluid conduit, to all points in an electric circuit using the cable. One or both of a dye or scent can be included in the ignition suppressant fluid.