A flat electrical cable comprises a conductive core having a core sheath and a cooling channel having a cooling channel sheath. The cooling channel and the core extend mutually parallel to one another along a length of the cable and are integrally joined to one another by a web extending along the core and the cooling channel.

A liquid cooled charging cable system may be provided. The liquid cooled charging cable system may comprise a source, a load, a liquid cooled charging cable, and a cooling device. The liquid cooled charging cable may connect the source to the load, and may supply electric energy from the source to the load. The liquid cooled charging cable may comprise a supply conductor and a return conductor. The cooling device may pump a coolant around the supply conductor and the return conductor where the supply conductor and the return conductor may be immersed in the coolant.

The present embodiment comprises an outer tube; and at least one charging line disposed inside the outer tube, in which an outer flow path through which cooling fluid passes is formed between the outer tube and the at least one charging line, the charging line comprises at least one charging conductor; and an insulating body surrounding the outer circumference of the at least one charging conductor, and in which an inner flow path through which cooling fluid passes is formed in the insulating body.

A charging cable assembly for transmitting electrical energy between a power supply station and an electrically drivable vehicle with a charging cable outer sheathing, in which at least one current conductor cable with a current conductor outer sheathing and at least one coolant line with a heat transfer surface are arranged, there being provided at least one heat transfer layer, which lies at least partially against the heat transfer surface and the current conductor outer sheathing.

A system and method for heavy-current charging cables for charging an electric vehicles includes a central heavy-current wire extending in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of heavy-current power wires comprising a power conductor and a power wire insulation surrounding said power conductor, the heavy-current power wires extending parallel to the central wire, a liquid tight inner hose extending in the longitudinal direction and surrounding the heavy-current central wire and the heavy-current power wires thereby defining a first hollow area comprising liquid coolant to flow between the heavy-current central wire and the heavy-current power wires along the longitudinal direction, and a liquid tight outer hose extending in the longitudinal direction and surrounding the inner hose thereby defining a second hollow area comprising liquid coolant to flow between the inner hose and the outer hose along the longitudinal direction.

A cable for transmitting an electric current includes: a cable conduit which encloses an inner conduit space; at least one conducting wire extending in the inner conduit space for conducting an electric current; and a fluid line extending in the inner conduit space for guiding a fluid for cooling the cable, the fluid line including at least one discharge opening, which opens into the inner conduit space, for conveying the fluid into the inner conduit space.

A heat sink apparatus having a pair of casings hinged in a clamshell arrangement and configured to contain a portion of an electric charging cable, the casings each having an inner space which contains a phase change material for absorbing heat generated during current flow through the electric charging cable.

An electric line arrangement, in particular a charging cable for a motor vehicle, having at least one electrically conductive lead which can be placed in electrical contact at its ends in order to transmit electrical energy, an insulation layer which surrounds the lead circumferentially, and a coolant duct in which a cooling fluid for cooling the lead is conducted, wherein the insulation layer is spaced apart from the lead, and the coolant duct is formed between the insulation layer and the lead in such a way that the cooling fluid flows directly around the lead.

A liquid cooled conductor apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a conductor, a tube, and an extension element. The tube may be disposed around the conductor. The extension element may extend from an interior surface of the tube and may make contact with the conductor.

A liquid-cooled tangle-resistant charging cable may include a sheath defining a cavity, the sheath having a width dimension, a height dimension, a thickness dimension and a length dimension; wherein the width dimension is larger than the height dimension, and the length dimension is larger than both the height dimension and the width dimension; a first conductor disposed in the cavity, the first conductor having at least one substantially flat side; a hose disposed in the cavity and configured to carry a cooling liquid, the cross-sectional profile of the hose being non-circular and having at least one flat side. In some embodiments, the sheath's cross-sectional height dimension may be between 2% and 95% of the sheath's cross sectional width dimension.