IPC 6 English version H01B !A-H01B 11/22

H-H01B01122

SECTION H– ELECTRICITY

H 01

BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H 01 B

CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING, OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H 01 F 1/00; waveguides H 01 P; installation of cables or lines, or of combined optical and electric, cables or lines H 02 G)

Notes

(1)

Group H 01 B 12/00 takes precedence over groups H 01 B 5/00 to H 01 B 11/00.

(2)

Cables including at least one electrical conductor together with optical fibres are classified in group H 01 B 11/22. [4]

Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors (superconductive or hyperconductive conductors, cables, or transmission lines characterised by the materials H 01 B 12/00; resistors H 01 C; details of devices using superconductivity or hyperconductivity, characterised by the material H 01 L 39/12) [4]

Note

Groups H 01 B 1/14 to H 01 B 1/24 take precedence over groups H 01 B 1/02 to H 01 B 1/12. [3]

mainly consisting of metals or alloys

mainly consisting of carbon-silicon compounds, carbon, or silicon

mainly consisting of other non-metallic substances

oxides

sulfides

organic substances [3]

Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive inorganic material [3]

the conductive material comprising metals or alloys [3]

the conductive material comprising carbon-silicon compounds, carbon, or silicon [3]

Conductive material dispersed in non-conductive organic material [3]

the conductive material comprising metals or alloys [3]

the conductive material comprising carbon-silicon compounds, carbon, or silicon [3]

Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties (selection of piezo-electric or electrostrictive materials H 01 L 41/00)

mainly consisting of inorganic substances

mica

asbestos

quartz; glass; glass wool; slag wool; vitreous enamels

metallic oxides (ceramics H 01 B 3/12)

ceramics

cements

gases

mainly consisting of organic substances

liquids, e.g. oils (silicone oils H 01 B 3/46)

hydrocarbons

containing halogen in the molecules, e.g. halogenated oils

asphalts; bitumens; pitches

natural or synthetic rubbers

resins; waxes

natural resins

waxes (silicone waxes H 01 B 3/46)

condensation products of phenols with aldehydes or ketones

condensation products of aldehydes with amines or amides

epoxy resins

polyesters; polyethers; polyacetals

vinyl resins; acrylic resins (silicones H 01 B 3/46)

silicones

fibrous materials

fabric

wood; paper; pressboard (insulating paper per se D 21 H 27/12)

hard paper; hard fabrics

gases

Non-insulated conductors or conductive bodies characterised by their form

Single bars, rods, wires, or strips

wound or coiled

Single tubes

Several wires or the like stranded in the form of a rope

stranded around a space, insulating material, or dissimilar conducting material

Braided wires or the like

comprising conductive layers or films on insulating-supports (insulating-layers or insulating-films on metal bodies H 01 B 17/62)

comprising conductive material in insulating or poorly conductive material, e.g. conductive rubber (H 01 B 1/14, H 01 B 1/20 take precedence; insulating bodies with conductive admixtures H 01 B 17/64; conductive paints C 09 D 5/24) [3]

Insulated conductors or cables characterised by their form

Disposition of insulation (materials H 01 B 3/00; insulators H 01 B 17/00)

Flexible cables, conductors, or cords, e.g. trailing cables

Extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords (arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B 65 H 75/34)

Flat or ribbon cables

Contact cables, i.e. having conductors which may be brought into contact by distortion of the cable

Floating cables (installations of cables supported on or from floats H 02 G 9/12)

Submarine cables

Rigid-tube cables (heating elements of similar construction H 05 B)

Sheaths; Armouring; Other protection against mechanical force or pressure (power cables with screens H 01 B 9/02; communication cables with screens H 01 B 11/06; continuously-loaded cables H 01 B 11/14; installation of conduits H 02 G)

Metal tubes, e.g. lead sheaths

Metal wires or tapes, e.g. made of steel

Devices affording localised protection against mechanical force or pressure

Reduction of losses in sheaths or armouring

Protection, e.g. against corrosion, chemical attack, influence of weather (sheaths, armouring H 01 B 7/18)

with arrangements for reducing conductor losses when carrying ac, e.g. due to skin effect

with arrangements for indicating defects, e.g. breaks, leaks (locating defects by measuring G 01)

with arrangements for heat dissipation, shielding, or conduction

with distinguishing or length marks

Power cables

with screens or conductive layers, e.g. for avoiding large potential gradients

Concentric cables

Gas-pressure cables; Oil-pressure cables; Cables for use in conduits under fluid pressure

11/

Communication cables or conductors (waveguides H 01 P)

11/

Cables with twisted pairs or quads (transposing, crossing, or twisting at joints H 04 B; balancing of earth capacitance H 04 B)

11/

with pairs or quads mutually positioned to reduce cross-talk (balancing by making use of additional capacitors or coils H 04 B)

11/

with means for reducing effects of electromagnetic or electrostatic disturbances, e.g. screen (screening in general H 05 K 9/00)

11/

Screens specially adapted for reducing cross-talk

11/

Screens specially adapted for reducing interference from external sources

11/

Arrangements for exhibiting specific transmission characteristics (loading coils per se H 01 F 17/08; coil-loaded circuits H 04 B)

11/

Continuously inductively loaded cables, e.g. Krarup cables

11/

Cables, e.g. submarine cable, with coils or other devices incorporated during cable manufacture (junction boxes for cables H 02 G 15/10)

11/

Coaxial cables; Analogous cables having more than one inner conductor within a common outer conductor (suitable for handling frequencies considerably beyond the audio range H 01 P 3/06)

11/

Cables having a multiplicity of coaxial lines [3]

11/

Cables including at least one electrical conductor together with optical fibres [4]

H01B 12/00 - H01B 19/04