A high-voltage line for motor-vehicle high voltage includes an interior tube surrounding an interior cavity of the high-voltage line, an electrically conducting interior conductor surrounding the interior tube, an intermediate insulation surrounding the interior conductor, an electrically conducting outer conductor surrounding the intermediate insulation, and an outer insulation surrounding the outer conductor. The outer insulation, the outer conductor, the intermediate insulation, the interior conductor, and the interior tube are disposed coaxial to one another.

Techniques, systems and articles are described for monitoring electrical equipment of a power grid and predicting likelihood failure events of such electrical equipment. In one example, a sensing device is configured to couple to an electrical power cable. The sensing device includes a plurality of concentric layers and a monitoring device. The plurality of concentric layers include a first layer, second layer, and third layer. The first layer is configured to concentrically surround a central conductor of the electrical cable and includes an insulating material. The second layer includes a conducting material. The third layer includes a resistive material configured to resist electrical flow between the second layer and a ground conductor exterior to the third layer. The monitoring device includes a sensor and communication unit configured to output data indicative of the sensor data.

A safe energy supply unit (1) and system, for supplying an electrical device (8) in an explosion-proof area, transmits power from an energy source (9), including a plurality of galvanically isolated individual sources, with a multiple line connection (2) with a plurality of galvanically isolated and individually shielded conductor pairs (31, 32, 33, 34). A collector device (4), in an explosion-proof jacket (5) at an end of the multiple line (3), has uncoupling devices (45) for the galvanically isolated conductor pairs and a combiner circuit (47, 49) that combines the transmitted electric power from each line into a global power. The global power is outputted at an output (48) of the collector device to the electrical device. The conductor pairs allow for an increased global power, which is scalable, safely transmittable, with standard, conductor pairs. The electrical device is intrinsically safely supplied with high power with minimal effort.

A power cable having a central ground conductor. Phase interweave power conductors are positioned about the central ground conductor. Individual phase interweave power conductors have the same diameter. The individual phase interweave power conductors have a cross sectional area which is optimized. Each of the individual phase interweave power conductors is configured to support 100% cross sectional usage to maximize power carrying capability. The power cable reduces the skin effect of the power cable and the proximity effect of the power cable.

Embodiments of the invention provide a hollow cable for conveying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to an electrosurgical instrument that can fit within, e.g. slide relative to, the hollow cable. The hollow cable provides a bipolar electrical connection to the electrosurgical instrument that is maintained when the electrosurgical instrument is rotated relative to the hollow cable. The cable may comprise a hollow coaxial transmission line having a rotatable component mounted at its distal end. The rotatable component comprises a longitudinal passageway continuous with the hollow coaxial transmission line. The rotatable component is rotatable relative to the transmission line and comprises a first and second conductive portions that are respectively electrically connected to first and second terminals on the coaxial transmission line and which are configured to maintain an electrical connection with their respective terminal when rotated relative to the coaxial transmission line.

The evaluation jig includes a pair of female terminals connectable to a pair of male terminals of a charging connector and an electric wire that connects the paired female terminals to each other. The electric wire has a cross-sectional area of 70 mm.sup.2 or more and 95 mm.sup.2 or less. The electric wire has a length of 2 m or more.

An object of the instant application is to provide a capacitive power transmission cable comprising at least two sets of conductive strands, the sets of strands being insulated from each other and in capacitive relationship, the one with the other; wherein the conductive strands are laid at least substantially in a multiples of six layer structure, with substantially equal numbers of strands of both sets; and wherein each layer has strands of one set alternating with strands of the other set and the strands of the respective sets have different contrasting color.

The shielded electrical conductor assembly described herein includes an electrical conductor having a rectangular cross-section, a first insulative layer surrounding the electrical conductor, a conductive layer surrounding the first insulative layer, and a second insulative layer encasing the conductive layer.

A motor vehicle power cable comprising a flat conductor having an at least rectangular profile, wherein the flat conductor extends along a longitudinal axis, a vertical axis extending along a surface normal of a wide surface of the flat conductor, and a transverse axis extending along a surface normal of a narrow surface of the flat conductor and the flat conductor is bent about the vertical axis and having an inner bend radius and an outer bend radius, characterized in that the flat conductor has at least one forming about the longitudinal axis in the region of the inner bending radius at its inner side edge arranged at the inner bending radius.

A sealed stranded wire assembly includes one or more stranded wires. The one or more stranded wires includes a solid portion formed on or attached to the length of the one or more stranded wires. The solid portion prevents liquid, dust, or other contaminants from traveling along the length of the one or more stranded wires through voids within the one or more stranded wires.