Provided is a power cable that contains at least one insulated conductor extending along a cable longitudinal direction; a bedding layer surrounding the at least one insulated conductor, and a non-metallic armour surrounding the bedding layer. The non-metallic armour is made by at least one meshed tape helically wound onto the bedding layer and has an openness factor of at least 30% and a meshed tape tear resistance of at least 200 N according to DIN 53363 of 2003.

A flex-resistant shielded composite cable includes a plurality of electric wires, a shielding layer and a tubular sheath. Each of the electric wires includes a conductor part which is composed of a twisted wire, which is formed by twisting a plurality of strands having a diameter of 0.05 mm or more and 0.12 mm or less, a nominal sectional area of the conductor being 8 sq or more, a covering part covering the conductor part. The shielding layer is formed of a braid formed by braiding plated fiber formed by performing metal-plating on anti-tension fiber and covers outer periphery of the plurality of electric wires. The tubular sheath is provided on the outer periphery of the shielding layer and made of an insulating resin.

In general, aspects of this invention relate to electrical cables and, in particular, to a cable with electromagnetic and/or anti-ballistic shielding. According to one aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; a continuous metallic sheath surrounding the conductor; and a supplemental sheath layer surrounding the metallic sheath. According to another aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; an armor layer surrounding the conductor; a fabric layer surrounding the conductor; and a polymer layer surrounding the conductor. According to yet another aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; an inner synthetic strength member surrounding the conductor; a polymer compound positioned between the conductor and the inner synthetic strength member; a polymer layer surrounding the inner synthetic strength member; an armor layer surrounding the polymer layer; an outer synthetic strength member surrounding the armor layer; and a polyolefin layer surrounding the outer synthetic strength member.

A cable may include a plurality of twisted pairs of individually insulated conductors, a separator positioned between the twisted pairs, and a jacket formed around the twisted pairs and the separator. The separator may include a longitudinally extending spine positioned between the plurality of twisted pairs, and at least one prong respectively extending from the spine at each of a plurality of longitudinally spaced locations. Additionally, for each pair of adjacent longitudinally spaced locations, the at least one prong extending at a first of the pair of locations may extend in a first set of one or more directions and the at least one prong extending at a second of the pair of locations may extend in a second set of one or more directions that is different than the first set of one or more directions.

A travelling cable of an elevator, more particularly of a passenger transport elevator and/or freight transport elevator, includes a protective envelope, conductors for transmitting electrical energy and data between the elevator car and the elevator hoistway, and one or more load-bearing bearer parts of essentially the length of the travelling cable for fixing the travelling cable at its first end to the elevator car and at its second end to the elevator hoistway, and which bearer part includes glass-fiber reinforcements and/or aramid-fiber reinforcements and/or carbon-fiber reinforcements and/or polybenzoxazole-fiber reinforcements and/or polyethylene-fiber reinforcements and/or nylon-fiber reinforcements in a polymer matrix material. An elevator includes the travelling cable.

In general, aspects of this invention relate to electrical cables and, in particular, to a cable with electromagnetic and/or anti-ballistic shielding. According to one aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; a continuous metallic sheath surrounding the conductor; and a supplemental sheath layer surrounding the metallic sheath. According to another aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; an armor layer surrounding the conductor; a fabric layer surrounding the conductor; and a polymer layer surrounding the conductor. According to yet another aspect, a cable may comprise: a conductor; an inner synthetic strength member surrounding the conductor; a polymer compound positioned between the conductor and the inner synthetic strength member; a polymer layer surrounding the inner synthetic strength member; an armor layer surrounding the polymer layer; an outer synthetic strength member surrounding the armor layer; and a polyolefin layer surrounding the outer synthetic strength member.

A cable may include a plurality of twisted pairs of individually insulated conductors and a separator positioned between the twisted pairs. The separator may include a longitudinally extending spine positioned between the plurality of twisted pairs, and a plurality of bristles may radially extend from the spine. A first portion of the bristles may extend between one or more sets of adjacent twisted pairs, and a second portion of the bristles may be compressed towards the spine by one or more of the plurality of twisted pairs. Additionally, a jacket may be formed around the twisted pairs and the separator.

Aspects of the present invention relate to reinforced electric wires, particularly reinforced electric wires as used in holiday lighting such as Christmas light strings. In some embodiments, the reinforced electric wire can comprise a conductor, a reinforcing string or one or more reinforcing threads, and an insulator jacket. In some embodiments, the conductor comprises a single conductor strand. In some embodiments, the conductor comprises a plurality of conductor strands. In some embodiments, the wire comprises an insulator jacket having a plurality of channels therein, where a conductor is passed through the center channel, and reinforcing threads are passed through the other channels. Methods of making wires in accordance with various embodiments are also provided herein.

A medical cable includes a plurality of cables, a braided shield covering a circumference of the plurality of cables together and being formed of tubular braided strands, and a jacket covering a circumference of the braided shield. The braided strands includes a copper foil yarn, which includes a highly stretchable polyethylene terephthalate monofilament yarn having a tensile strength of not lower than 700 MPa and an elongation of not lower than 50 percent and not higher than 100 percent, and a copper strip wound helically at a pitch around a surface of the highly stretchable polyethylene terephthalate monofilament yarn. The copper foil yarn has an entire push and recover ratio of not lower than 80 percent.

The invention relates to an umbilical comprising a plurality of functional elements for providing hydraulic, electrical, signal and chemical functionality thereof, wherein at least some of the said functional elements comprise a fibrous sheath containing high strength polyolefin fibers.