A conductor arrangement for an electrical energy or data transmission connection includes at least one conductor portion comprising a flexible internal conductor and a thermoplastic hard plastic sheath surrounding the flexible internal conductor. The thermoplastic hard plastic sheath is transformable into a formable state when heated to a threshold temperature defined at a specific softening point, and the thermoplastic hard plastic sheath hardens into a formed state when cooled.

A cable is provided for power transmission or communication. The cable has a core unit with at least one conductor and an insulating layer surrounding each conductor. A first shielding layer surrounds the core unit and is formed of a polymer-carbon composite in which carbon-based particles are dispersed in a matrix of a polymer material. The first shielding layer has an electrical resistance of 10 .Math.m or less. A metal-based second shielding layer surrounds the first shielding layer.

The invention concerns a subsea umbilical comprising an electrical conductor (2) and/or a fluid pipe, and an outer sheath (7) surrounding the electrical conductor (2) and/or the fluid pipe. The umbilical (1, 20, 21, 25, 30, 40, 51, 60) further comprising a plurality of deformable rods (3a, 3b, 15, 23a, 23b, 26a, 27a, 26b) evenly distributed between the electrical conductor (2) and/or the fluid pipe, and the outer sheath (7) for radial load protection of said electrical conductor (2) or fluid pipe.

A cable is composed of a plurality of electric wires, a tape member provided over a periphery of the plurality of electric wires, and an outer sheath provided over an outer periphery of the tape member. The tape member includes a mixture of a first fiber having a melting point and a second fiber having a melting point lower than the melting point of the first fiber.

A wiring member is provided with a plurality of electrical wires and a resin molded part. In the plurality of electrical wires, a first bundled wire part branches into a first branched wire part and a second bundled wire part at a first branch position, and the second bundled wire part branches into a second branched wire part and a third branched wire part at a second branch position. The resin molded part includes a first maintaining part and a second maintaining part that are integrally formed. The first maintaining part covers the electrical wires at the first branch position, and maintains an extension direction of the first branched wire part. The second maintaining part covers the electrical wires at the second branch position, and maintains extension directions of the second branched wire part and the third branched wire part.

Three-wire communication cables useful for operation with a vehicle are disclosed. The cables can meet MIPI C-PHY standard (Version 1.2) as well as ISO 6722-1 (2011) and 14572 (2011). Methods of making and using the cables are also disclosed.

A cable includes at least one core that has a conductor and an insulating coating layer that covers the conductor; and a sheath layer that covers the at least one core. The sheath layer includes an inner sheath layer and an outer sheath layer that covers the inner sheath layer. The inner sheath layer contains a silane-crosslinked very low density polyethylene. A main component of the outer sheath layer is polyurethane; a content of the very low density polyethylene per 100 parts by mass of a resin component in the inner sheath layer is 20 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less. A content of silicon atoms constituting silane crosslinks in the very low density polyethylene is 0.05 mass % or more and 1 mass % or less.

A coated wire according to the present disclosure includes a first conductor and a first insulating layer of resin covering the first conductor. The first insulating layer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. Further, a storage modulus of the inner layer at a temperature of 25 C. is less than 700 MPa, and a storage modulus of the outer layer at a temperature of 25 C. is not less than 700 MPa.

A cable includes an assembled article formed by twisting a plurality of electric wires, a tape member spirally wound around the assembled article, and a sheath covering around the tape member. The sheath includes an injection molded body including an urethane resin. The tape member includes a non-woven fabric tape including a polyester, a polypropylene, an aramid fiber, a nylon, an acryl fiber, or a glass fiber and an air permeability defined by the Frazier method of not less than 30 cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2.Math.sec. A twist direction of the assembled article is opposite to a winding direction of the non-woven fabric tape.

A coated wire according to the present disclosure includes a first conductor and a first insulating layer of resin covering the first conductor. The first insulating layer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. Further, a storage modulus of the inner layer at a temperature of 25 C. is less than 700 MPa, and a storage modulus of the outer layer at a temperature of 25 C. is not less than 700 MPa.