Cable

Abstract

A cable (100) includes a power wire (1), a ground wire (3), data transmission wires (2) between the power wire and the ground wire, and an insulating outer layer (4) enclosing the outer side of the power wire, the ground wire, and the data transmission wires. The power wire includes a conductor (11), an insulating layer (12) outside the conductor, and a metal shielding layer (13) outside the insulating layer. The power wire and the data transmission wires are spaced from each other by plastic materials.

Claims

1. A cable comprising: a power wire used for transmitting power; a ground wire; data transmission wires located between the power wire and the ground wire in a transverse direction; and an insulating outer layer enclosing the power wire, the ground wire, and the data transmission wires; wherein the power wire includes a conductor, a surrounding metal shielding layer, and an insulating layer intimately coated therebetween radially; and the data transmission wires, the power wire and the ground wire are essentially aligned with each other along said transverse direction, and are spaced from one another with corresponding gaps therebetween in said transverse direction; wherein the cable is flat with a cross-section defined by said transverse direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to said transverse direction; wherein the ground wire is bare conductor directly intimately enclosed within the insulating outer layer; wherein the data transmission wires include a pair of differential signal wires, an inner shield layer coated on the outer side of the pair of differential signal wires and a metal braid layer coated on the outer side of the inner shield layer; wherein in the vertical direction, a dimension of said power wire is similar to that of the data transmission wires while being larger than that of the ground wire.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a cable according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

(2) FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a power wire of the cable in FIG. 1; and

(3) FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a power wire according to a second embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(4) Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(5) Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a cable 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown. The cable 100 includes a power wire 1, a ground wire 3, data transmission wires 2 between the power wire 1 and the ground wire 3, and an insulating outer layer 4 enclosing the power wire 1, the ground wire 3, and the data transmission wires 2.

(6) The cable 100 is flat and complies with USB 2.0 cable specification.

(7) The power wire 1 includes a conductor 11, an insulating layer 12 coated outside conductor 11, and a metal shielding layer 13 coated outside the insulating layer 12. The power wire 1 and the data transmission wires 2 are filled with plastic materials to improve the bending performance of the cable 100. The metal shield layer 13 of the power wire 1 is a wound metal shield layer 131. The metal shielding layer 13 is used as a ground return with the ground wire 3 and the metal braid layer 23 of the data transmission wires 2, which is beneficial for reducing ground resistance, reducing voltage drop, and realizing fast charging.

(8) The data transmission wires 2 include a pair of differential signal wires 21, an inner shield layer 22 coated on the outer side of the pair of differential signal wires 21, and a metal braid layer 23 coated on the outer side of the inner shield 22. The inner shield layer 22 is an aluminum foil layer. The inner shield 22 is made of aluminum foil or PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) material. Each of the differential signal wires 21 includes a signal conductor 211 and an insulating layer 212 covered on the outside of the signal conductor 211.

(9) The ground wire 3 is a bare conductor. The power wire 1 and the data transmission wires 2 are filled with plastic materials. Notably, according to the FIG. 1 a cross-section of the flat cable 100 defines a transverse direction along which the power wire 1, the data transmission wires 2 and the ground wire 3 are arranged, and a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction. In the vertical direction, the dimension of the power wire 1 is similar to the dimension of the data transmission wires 2 while larger than the dimension of the ground wire 3.

(10) Referring to FIG. 3, a power wire 1 of the cable 100 according to a second embodiment is shown. The metal shield layer 13 of the power wire 1 is a woven metal shield layer 132.

(11) While a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention has been shown and described, equivalent modifications and changes known to persons skilled in the art according to the spirit of the present invention are considered within the scope of the present invention as described in the appended claims.