US 12,000,579 B2
Low current self-illuminated power cable which retains flexibility, and method of manufacturing same
Nicolas Poulin, Auchy-les-Mines (FR); Loic Vinet, Paris (FR); Cédric Lumpp, Boulogne-Billancourt (FR); and Thierry Save, Coulanges les Nevers (FR)
Assigned to NEXANS, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/435,993
Filed by NEXANS, Courbevoie (FR); and SOCOMEC, Benfeld (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FR2020/050455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/178534, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19 02319 (FR), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154923 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 33/00 (2006.01); E21F 17/18 (2006.01); F21S 4/26 (2016.01); H01B 7/04 (2006.01); H01B 7/18 (2006.01); H01B 7/36 (2006.01); H01B 9/00 (2006.01); H01F 3/06 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); F21W 131/10 (2006.01); F21W 131/101 (2006.01); F21Y 103/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 33/00 (2013.01) [E21F 17/18 (2013.01); F21S 4/26 (2016.01); H01B 7/18 (2013.01); F21W 2131/1005 (2013.01); F21W 2131/101 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H01B 9/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power cable comprising:
at least one conductive element, said power cable further comprises at least one strip placed over at least one portion of the length of said at least one conductive element, said strip being equipped with a windless energy-harvesting system including at least one ferromagnetic rope stranded conductor disposed along said at least one conductive element which supplies said strip with electric current on the basis of the energy available in said at least one conductor, said strip comprising a plurality of light-producing elements that produce light from said electric current collected by the at least one ferromagnetic rope stranded conductor.