Core electric wire for multi-core cable and multi-core cable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9928937-B2
Application number	US-201515517640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

A core electric wire for a multi-core cable according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a conductor obtained by twisting element wires, and an insulating layer covering the conductor, a principal component of the insulating layer being a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having a carbonyl group; the α-olefin content in the copolymer being 14% to 46% by mass; and a mathematical product C*E being 0.01 to 0.9, wherein C is a linear expansion coefficient of the insulating layer at from 25° C. to −35° C., and E is a modulus of elasticity thereof at −35° C. Average area of the conductor in the transverse cross section is 1.0 to 3.0 mm 2 . Average diameter of the element wires in the conductor is 40 to 100 μm, and number of the element wires is 196 and 2,450.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A core electric wire for a multi-core cable, comprising: a conductor obtained by twisting element wires; and an insulating layer that covers an outer periphery of the conductor, wherein
a principal component of the insulating layer is a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin comprising a carbonyl group;
a content of the α-olefin comprising a carbonyl group in the copolymer is no less than 14% by mass and no greater than 46% by mass; and
a mathematical product C*E is no less than 0.01 and no greater than 0.9, wherein C is a linear expansion coefficient of the insulating layer at from 25° C. to −35° C., and E is a modulus of elasticity thereof at −35° C.

2. The core electric wire for a multi-core cable according to claim 1 , wherein an average area of the conductor in a transverse cross section is no less than 1.0 mm 2 and no greater than 3.0 mm 2 .

3. The core electric wire for a multi-core cable according to claim 1 , wherein an average diameter of each of the element wires in the conductor is no less than 40 μm and no greater than 100 μm, and
number of the element wires is no less than 196 and no greater than 2,450.

4. The core electric wire for a multi-core cable according to claim 1 , wherein
the conductor is obtained by twisting a plurality of stranded element wires, and
the stranded element wire is obtained by twisting subsets of the element wires.

5. The core electric wire for a multi-core cable according to claim 1 , wherein the copolymer is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer.

6. A multi-core cable comprising: a core obtained by twisting core electric wires; and a sheath layer disposed around the core, wherein
at least one of the core electric wires is the core electric wire according to claim 1 .

7. The multi-core cable according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the core electric wires is obtained by twisting subsets of the core electric wires.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Tanaka Shigeyuki
• Nishikawa Shinya
• Okawa Hiroyuki
• KOHORI Takaya
• Mayama Yuhei
• Hirai Takayuki

Classifications

• H01B7/28

  {Protection against damage caused} by moisture, corrosion, chemical attack or weather · CPC title

• H01B3/441

  from alkenes · CPC title

• H01B7/295

  using material resistant to flame · CPC title

• H01B3/447 Primary

  from acrylic compounds · CPC title

• H01B7/02

  Disposition of insulation · CPC title