US 12,437,899 B2
Covered wire
Kenta Kobayashi, Mie (JP); Takeo Maruchi, Mie (JP); and Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/920,627
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/016840
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/221068, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-079825 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0154651 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 7/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 7/423 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A covered wire comprising:
a tubular member through which a coolant flows;
a conductor provided on an outer circumference of the tubular member; and
a covering member covering an outer circumference of the conductor,
wherein
the conductor is formed of an annular structure having a constant cross-sectional area, the annular structure providing an inner surface contacting the outer circumference of the tubular member and providing an outer surface contacting an inner circumference of the covering member,
the conductor includes a plurality of strands made of metal,
the tubular member and the covering member are insulating, and
the tubular member has a higher resistance to the coolant than the covering member.