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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Isao Izui, Chino, JP;
Tetsuo Imamura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takaharu Shimamune, deceased, late of Sapporo-gun, JP;
Yasomi Tojima, Gunma-ken, JP;
Keiji Takahashi, Kiryu, JP;
Mitsuba Corporation, Kiryu, JP;
Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A composite cable with built-in signal an power cables is mainly used as a control cable for a machine tool and the like. The composite cable contributes to reduced cost, downsizing, higher reliability and higher safety, which are obtained because only a single cable needs to be laid, instead of the conventional cable, which requires multiple cables to be laid. In the composite cable with the built-in signal and power cables, a flat signal cable formed by a plurality of insulating cores arranged in parallel in the lengthwise direction, and having alternately repeated combined portions and separate portions is spirally wound into a roll around one or more power cables provided in the center of the composite cable. The power cables each have a large conductor size. A first shield is optionally provided around the flat signal cable. A second shield is optionally provided around the power cables. A sheath is provided around the flat signal cable or the first shield.