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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Takumi Ooshima, Tochigi, JP;
Soichiro Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Hirokazu Komori, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Murata, Mie, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Abstract
A multicore cable includes a plurality of coated electric wires; a detection wire; and a sheath. The coated electric wires include an electric wire conductor and an electric wire coating. The electric wire conductor is a stranded wire of a plurality of electric wire filaments, and the electric wire coating covers an outer surface of the electric wire conductor. The detection wire includes a detection wire conductor that is a stranded wire of a plurality of detection wire filaments. The sheath covers an outer surface of a core that includes the coated electric wires and the detection wire. The coated electric wires include two electric power supply wires disposed so as to be next to each other, and the detection wire is disposed in a region enclosed by: the two electric power supply wires disposed so as to be next to each other; and the sheath.