Patent ID: 9048003
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
1. A self-supporting cable comprising: an inner portion comprising at least one conductor; an outer portion; an intermediate portion positioned between the outer surface of the inner portion and the inner surface of the outer portion and where the intermediate portion comprises at least one tape made of a non-woven material and comprising friction particles adhered to at least one side of the tape and where the friction between the friction particles and any of the two surfaces is allowing the two surfaces to slip relatively each other in longitudinal direction enough so that the cable can be bent but prevents the two surfaces from slipping in response to an inwardly directed radial pressure force at cable fixing points so that tension forces and the gravitational force acting on the cable between said fixing points can be transmitted into the conductors wherewith the cable becomes self-supporting by virtue of the intrinsic mechanical strength of the conductors.