An apparatus includes a strength member including a core formed of a composite material, and having a first glass transition or melting temperature. An encapsulation layer is disposed around the core. An optical fiber assembly is disposed in the core and includes a fiber core and a fiber encapsulation layer disposed therearound that has a second glass transition or melting temperature that is greater than the first glass transition or melting temperature. A conductor layer is disposed around the strength member. A coupler may be coupled to an axial end of the apparatus. The coupler may define an aperture through a wall thereof and a portion of the optical fiber assembly is routed therethrough. A system may include a control unit configured to receive a sensing signal from the fiber assembly and transmit the signal or determine a value of the operating parameter and transmit the value to the receiver.

A hybrid cable configured to tether a drone or other aerial device to a base station may include at least one conductor configured to carry a power signal and at least one optical fiber component. A jacket may be formed around the at least one conductor and the at least one optical fiber component. The jacket may have an airfoil cross-sectional shape that is symmetrical about a center line extending from a first rounded edge to a second trailing edge. As a result, the cable may orient itself towards the wind and a lift force exerted on the cable may be approximately equal along opposite lateral sides of the cable.

The present disclosure discloses an HDMI photoelectric composite cable. The HDMI photoelectric composite cable includes: a sheath, an optical fiber unit, a plurality of signal control wires, a ground wire and fillers. The optical fiber unit includes one or more optical fibers and an optical fiber sheath uniformly extruded on a periphery of the optical fibers. The signal control wire includes a metal wire and an insulating layer uniformly extruded on a periphery of the metal wire. The ground wire is a metal conductor. The fillers are arranged on peripheries of the optical fiber unit, the plurality of signal control wires and the ground wire. The optical fiber unit, the plurality of signal control wires, the ground wire, and the fillers arranged on the peripheries thereof are covered by the shielding layer, and the shielding layer is covered by the sheath.

An electric cable (10) includes at least one composite reinforcement element (1) including one or more reinforcement element(s) at least partially embedded in an organic matrix. A coating (2) surrounds the composite reinforcing element(s) (1). The coating (2) is sealed all around the composite reinforcing element(s) (1). At least one conducting element (3) surrounds the coating (2), where the thickness of the sealed coating (2) does not exceed 3000 m.

A cable may include a central strength member, a plurality of optical fiber buffer tubes positioned around the central strength member, and a jacket surround the plurality of buffer tubes and the central strength member. The central strength member may include a plurality of longitudinally extending and twisted conductive components. Each conductive component may include an inner conductor, a dielectric strength member formed around the inner conductor and having a tensile strength of at least 10,000 MPa, and an outer conductor formed around the dielectric strength member. The inner and outer conductor may form a balanced pair of conductors.

A cable for propagating high frequency signals comprises a first insulated hollow conductor and a second insulated hollow conductor in a braided arrangement to form the cable. The braided arrangement distributes the first and second hollow conductors such that the cable is equalized.

An object is to further improve the reliability of a bent section of a linear transmission member. Provided is a wiring member including: a linear transmission member that includes a bent section; and a resin molded portion molded with a path holding portion of the linear transmission member being inserted thereinto, the path holding portion including the bent section, wherein recesses are formed so as to expose portions of the path holding portion other than a portion where tensile stress is concentrated due to bending, to the outside.

An apparatus includes a strength member including a core formed of a composite material, and having a first glass transition or melting temperature. An encapsulation layer is disposed around the core. An optical fiber assembly is disposed in the core and includes a fiber core and a fiber encapsulation layer disposed therearound that has a second glass transition or melting temperature that is greater than the first glass transition or melting temperature. A conductor layer is disposed around the strength member. A coupler may be coupled to an axial end of the apparatus. The coupler may define an aperture through a wall thereof and a portion of the optical fiber assembly is routed therethrough. A system may include a control unit configured to receive a sensing signal from the fiber assembly and transmit the signal or determine a value of the operating parameter and transmit the value to the receiver.

A cable includes a line for signal transmission or power source supply, a first metal wire having flexibility and a shape-retaining property, a plurality of yarns extending substantially in the same direction as that of the first metal wire, and a coating material for coating the line, the first metal wire, and the plurality of yarns.

A multicore cable has a core including a plurality of insulated wires, and an outer sheath covering an outer surface of the core, wherein the outer sheath includes a convex portion disposed between the insulated wires located on an outer peripheral side of the core and in contact with at least a portion of surfaces of the insulated wires.