An electric wire for an in-vehicle network cable, including a conductor and a covering that covers a periphery of the conductor. The electric wire has a diameter of 0.5 to 1.5 mm. The covering contains a fluororesin that is a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer. The fluororesin has a melt flow rate of 20 to 40 g/10 min measured at 372° C. under a 5-kg load, a relative permittivity of 2.2 or lower measured at 25° C. and 6 GHz, a melting point of 250° C. or higher, an MIT folding endurance of 2000 times or more, and a tensile elongation at 150° C. of 300% or higher. Also disclosed is an in-vehicle network cable including the electric wire and an in-vehicle network cable including a twisted pair of electric wires, at least one of which is the above-described electric wire for an in-vehicle network cable.

A wiring harness comprises a first covered electric wire, and a second covered electric wire. The first covered electric wire comprises a first electric wire conductor made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and an insulator covering the first electric wire conductor. The first electric wire conductor comprises a wire strand of a plurality of elemental wires twisted together, and has a flat portion where a cross-section of the wire strand intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. The second covered electric wire comprises a second electric wire conductor made of copper or a copper alloy and an insulator covering the second electric wire conductor. The second electric wire conductor has a lower flatness and a smaller conductor cross-sectional area than the first electric wire conductor of the first covered electric wire.

A weather-resistant flame-retardant resin composition includes: a polyolefin resin; a mixture of (poly) phosphate compounds, a total content of which is from 10 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin resin; 0.1 to 10 parts by mass a non-crosslinked silicone raw rubber having a number-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000; and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an inorganic UV light shielding agent, and an electric wire and an optical fiber cable whose jacket is formed by the weather-resistant flame-retardant resin.

A communications cable is provided that includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/or a differential power signal. The fluoropolymers are highly effective insulators and significantly reduce both the effects of internal and external electromagnetic interference while maintaining low cable attenuation, even when operating within a temperature range of −40° C. to 150° C.

An electric submersible pump (ESP) power cable. The ESP power cable has a first plurality of electric conductors encased in a first protective armor wherein a first void area is defined between the first plurality of electric conductors and the first protective armor, has a second plurality of electric conductors encased in a second protective armor wherein a second void area is defined between the second plurality of electric conductors and the second protective armor and wherein each one of the second plurality of electric conductors is spliced to a corresponding one of the first plurality of electric conductors, has a first filler positioned at least partially in the first void area, and comprises a second filler positioned at least partially in the second void area.

A communications cable is provided that includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/or a differential power signal. The fluoropolymers are highly effective insulators and significantly reduce both the effects of internal and external electromagnetic interference while maintaining low cable attenuation, even when operating within a temperature range of-40° C. to 150° C.

Provided is a semi-conductive resin composition used in a high voltage power cable, and in particular, a semi-conductive resin composition having excellent processability and mechanical strength, and particularly, having an excellent volume resistance value even at high temperatures by including carbon black, an additive, a crosslinking agent, an oxidizing agent, and a lubricant in addition to a polyolefin-based base resin.

A molded cable comprises a conductor, an insulation inner layer, an insulation outer layer, and a resin molded body. The insulation inner layer comprises a crosslinked ethylene resin composition and is provided an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulation outer layer comprises a crosslinked thermoplastic polyurethane composition and is provided on an outer circumference of the insulation inner layer. Arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of a surface of the insulation outer layer is 5 μm to 100 μm. The resin molded body coats an exposed end portion of the conductor and an end portion of the insulation outer layer at a side of the exposed end portion of the conductor. The resin molded body is fused to the insulation outer layer.

Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.

A heat-resistant insulated wire that is used for a wiring or a winding in a device, has a high partial discharge starting voltage, and can achieve heat resistance and oxidation suppression of a conductor surface. The heat-resistant insulated wire (10) comprising a conductor (1), a baked film layer (2) provided on an outer periphery of the conductor (1), and an insulating film (3) provided on the baked film layer (2). The baked film layer (2) is a thermosetting resin layer, and the insulating film (3) is an extrusion-coated fluororesin layer. Preferably the baked film layer (2) is a urethane resin layer and has a thickness within a range of 5 to 30 μm, and preferably a diameter of the conductor (1) is within a range of 0.08 to 0.30 mm and a thickness of the insulating film (3) is within a range of 0.05 to 0.10 mm.