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EP0986819B1
EP0986819B1 EP98928246A EP98928246A EP0986819B1 EP 0986819 B1 EP0986819 B1 EP 0986819B1 EP 98928246 A EP98928246 A EP 98928246A EP 98928246 A EP98928246 A EP 98928246A EP 0986819 B1 EP0986819 B1 EP 0986819B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a flexible wiring harness, in particular a wiring harness for a motor vehicle.
  • Cable strands with a predetermined tree-like structure - known as harnesses - are formed from a composite of several electrical lines and serve the electrical connection of components, consumers and assemblies.
  • the electrical lines are combined in parallel with predetermined cable outlets and preferably fixed by a winding tape or summarized by an insulating tube.
  • the wiring harness must be flexible and should be windable so that it is packageable and easier to transport and should and can be angled for installation and installation in the vehicle by 90 °. As the number of consumers and control units in modern motor vehicles increases, so does the number and possibly also the cross-section of the lines to be connected in such a wiring harness, thus reducing its flexibility.
  • the wiring harness is getting stiffer.
  • a longitudinally watertight electrical cable with a cable core constructed of plastic insulated wires and a jacket surrounding the core.
  • the cable core is filled over the entire cable length with a water-repellent substance, such as petroleum jelly or Petrolat and over the entire length of the cable core are arranged one or more elastically compressible elements, whereby the occurring during a temperature change volume expansion of the filler balanced and an unacceptable pressure in the cable is avoided.
  • the object is achieved in a wiring harness according to the preamble of claim 1 by its characterizing features, according to which the fixed cross-section of to be fixed by wrapping line network - that is the sum of LeitUngsquerroughe the lines - before wrapping by a parallel to the lines in the Composite introduced elongated line-like body is inserted with a composite variable cross-section.
  • the fixed cross-section of to be fixed by wrapping line network - that is the sum of LeitUngsquerroughe the lines - before wrapping by a parallel to the lines in the Composite introduced elongated line-like body is inserted with a composite variable cross-section.
  • the cable assembly in a known manner by machine, for example, with a winding tape, firmly wrapped.
  • the cross section of the inserted body is reduced, thereby increasing the flexibility of the wiring harness.
  • the winding process can be interrupted even after wrapping the variable in its cross-section elongated body, so that the cross-section is reliably reduced, for example by piercing or cutting the air hose, then the wrapping can be continued become.
  • the diameter of the body and thus its share of the cross-section of the cable network can be varied, whereby the flexibility of the cable harness can be varied and predetermined.
  • the body can be made of an elastic material and elastically expanded in the composite can be inserted. After wrapping it is relaxed or shrunk.
  • an inflated tube made of a thin-walled plastic or thin-walled rubber is inserted in the inflated state in the line network and from the after filling the filling gas, such as air, is let out, in particular by piercing the same.
  • the hose may protrude from the end of the wiring harness from this or be provided with a lateral approach.
  • the open tube relaxes and shrinks together, thereby reducing the fixed cross-section of the interconnect below the fixed wrap, thereby making the arrangement of the interconnections looser and the overall strand flexibility more flexible.
  • the shrunken tube remains in the wiring harness. Damage to the cable insulation, as they can occur when pulling out a stub from the wiring harness, are reliably avoided, and possibly occurring adhesions are no longer adversely noticeable.
  • a widened elongated conduit-like tube made of a thermoplastic material can also be introduced into the composite.
  • the wiring harness then only needs to be heated for a short time after the wrapping in order to trigger the shrinkage of the pipe and to cause the loosening of the arrangement of the lines and the desired increase in flexibility.
  • Fig. 1 shows four different, with a winding tape 6 on a winding machine to be connected to a flexible wiring harness lines 1 to 4.
  • the fixed cross section of the fixed to be fixed line network is the sum of the four cable cross-sections.
  • An air-filled thin tube 5 round cross-section is attached to this loose cable assembly before wrapping ( Fig. 2 ). Its cross section is about 15% of the fixed cross section of the lines.
  • This loose composite is then fed to the winding device in a known manner and firmly wrapped with winding tape 6, wherein the lines 1 to 4 are pressed against the tube 5, whereby this deformed and partially pressed into the cable gusset and also compressed in response to the winding train.
  • This condition is in Fig. 3 shown.
  • the tube 5 has an irregular cross-sectional shape 7 and still occupies about 10% of the solid cross-section, wherein the pressed into the Kauszwickel areas are detected.
  • the lines 1 to 4 are pressed together, and the wiring harness is slightly biased and stiff by the compressed tube 5 in the direction of the wrapping (6). Now, the tube 5 is opened by piercing, the air escapes, and the fixed cross-section of the cable network decreases under the wrapping (6), so that relaxes the wiring harness.
  • the lines 1 to 4 are now without pressure to each other and have a small margin to each other ( Fig. 4 ). With this state, there is a flexible wiring harness that is sufficiently flexible and thus packaged and easier to transport and easier to install.
  • Fig. 5 a section of the hose 5 is shown.
  • the tube 5 is formed from two superimposed and welded together at the edges (S) PE films.
  • the end portion 8 tapers in the inflated state to the frontal weld. This area 8 protrudes as an approach from the line network out.
  • this may contain calcium stearate or other agents. This is particularly advantageous if the wiring harness in the head area near the ears of the vehicle occupants, z. B. in the upper part of the B or C-pillar or between the sky and vehicle roof is arranged.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines flexiblen Leitungsstranges, insbesondere eines Kabelbaumes für ein Kraftfahrzeug.The invention relates to a method for producing a flexible wiring harness, in particular a wiring harness for a motor vehicle.

Leitungsstränge mit einer vorgegebenen baumartigen Struktur - als Kabelbäume bekannt - sind aus einem Verbund mehrerer elektrischer Leitungen gebildet und dienen der elektrischen Verbindung von Bauteilen, Verbrauchern und Baugruppen. Die elektrischen Leitungen sind dabei parallel verlaufend mit vorbestimmten Leitungsabgängen zusammengefaßt und vorzugsweise durch ein Wickelband fixiert oder durch einen Isolierschlauch zusammengefaßt. Der Leitungsstrang muß flexibel und sollte wickelbar sein, damit er verpackbar und erleichtert transportierbar ist und sollte und für eine Verlegung und Montage im Kraftfahrzeug auch um 90° abgewinkelt werden können. Mit zunehmender Zahl von Verbrauchern und Steuergeräten in modernen Kraftfahrzeugen steigt auch die Zahl und gegebenenfalls auch der Querschnitt der in einem solchen Kabelbaum zu verbindenen Leitungen, womit sich dessen Flexibilität verringert. Der Leitungsstrang wird immer steifer.Cable strands with a predetermined tree-like structure - known as harnesses - are formed from a composite of several electrical lines and serve the electrical connection of components, consumers and assemblies. The electrical lines are combined in parallel with predetermined cable outlets and preferably fixed by a winding tape or summarized by an insulating tube. The wiring harness must be flexible and should be windable so that it is packageable and easier to transport and should and can be angled for installation and installation in the vehicle by 90 °. As the number of consumers and control units in modern motor vehicles increases, so does the number and possibly also the cross-section of the lines to be connected in such a wiring harness, thus reducing its flexibility. The wiring harness is getting stiffer.

Um Beschädigungen an den Leitungen vorzubeugen, ist ein Vollumwickeln des Leitungsstranges erforderlich. Eine lockere Vollumwicklung, d. h. ein Umwickeln mit einer geringeren Zugkraft zur Sicherstellung einer ausreichenden Flexibilität, ist nur per Hand erreichbar und führt zu subjektiv unterschiedlichen Ergebnissen hinsichtlich der Wickeldichte und -festigkeit. Wickelmaschinen wiederum wickeln mit einer Mindestzugkraft, die zu einem sehr fest gewickelten und damit biegesteifen Leitungsstrang führen.To prevent damage to the lines, a full wrapping of the wiring harness is required. A loose full wrap, d. H. wrapping with a lower tensile force to ensure sufficient flexibility is only achievable by hand and leads to subjectively different results in terms of winding density and strength. Winding machines in turn wind with a minimum tensile force, which lead to a very tightly wound and thus rigid wiring harness.

Um den Leitungsstrang dennoch maschinell wickeln und flexibel gestalten zu können, hat man versucht, vor dem Umwickeln eine Blindleitung, z. B. in Form einer Einzelleitung größeren Durchmessers oder in Form eines nichthaftend beschichtenden Drahtes, insbesondere eines teflonbeschichteten Drahtes in den Kabelstrang einzulegen, und diese Blindleitung nach dem maschinellen Wickeln wieder herauszuziehen, um auf diese Weise den an sich fest und gleichmäßig gewickelten Leitungsverbund unter dem Wickel aufzulockern und die Flexibilität des umwickelten Leitungsstranges zu erhöhen. Es hat sich gezeigt, daß dieses Verfahren Mängel aufweist. Einerseits können Verklebungen der Blindleitung mit dem Wickelband oder, bei antihaftbeschichteter Blindleitung, Verklebungen mit den anliegenden Leitungen auftreten, was in letzterem Falle beim Herausziehen der Blindleitung zu einer Beschädigung der Leiterisolation führen kann, und andererseits wird das Herausziehen der Blindleitung mit zunehmender Länge immer schwieriger.Nevertheless, in order to be able to machine-wrap the wire harness flexibly and make it flexible, it has been attempted to make a blind wire, for B. in the form of a single wire larger diameter or in the form of a non-adhesive coated wire, in particular insert a Teflon-coated wire in the harness, and to pull out this stow after machine winding again, in this way the solid and uniformly wound line network under the winding to loosen up and increase the flexibility of the wrapped wiring harness. It has been shown that this method has shortcomings. On the one hand, adhesions the stent with the winding tape or, in non-stick stub, gluing with the adjacent lines occur, which in the latter case can lead to damage of the conductor insulation when pulling out the stub, and on the other hand, the withdrawal of the stub with increasing length is increasingly difficult.

Aus der WO 92/038321 ist ein Kabelbaum mit Adern bekannt, bei dem ein formgebendes Verstärkungselement mit eingewickelt wird.From the WO 92/038321 a wire harness with wires is known, in which a shaping reinforcing element is wrapped with.

Des Weiteren ist in der DE 24 59 596 ein längswasserdichtes elektrisches Kabel mit einer aus Kunststoff isolierten Adern aufgebautem Kabelseele und einem die Seele umgebenden Mantel offenbart. Die Kabelseele ist über die ganze Kabellänge mit einer wasserabweisenden Substanz, wie beispielsweise Vaseline oder Petrolat gefüllt und über die ganze Länge der Kabelseele sind ein oder mehrere elastisch komprimierbare Elemente angeordnet, wodurch die bei einer Temperaturänderung auftretende Volumenausdehnung der Füllsubstanz ausgeglichen und ein unzulässiger Überdruck im Kabel vermieden wird.Furthermore, in the DE 24 59 596 discloses a longitudinally watertight electrical cable with a cable core constructed of plastic insulated wires and a jacket surrounding the core. The cable core is filled over the entire cable length with a water-repellent substance, such as petroleum jelly or Petrolat and over the entire length of the cable core are arranged one or more elastically compressible elements, whereby the occurring during a temperature change volume expansion of the filler balanced and an unacceptable pressure in the cable is avoided.

Es ist deshalb Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines flexiblen Leitungsstranges nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 anzugeben, bei dem der Leitungsstrang nach einer festen Umwicklung eine ausreichende Flexibilität erhält.It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a method for producing a flexible wiring harness according to the preamble of claim 1, wherein the wiring harness receives a sufficient flexibility after a fixed wrapping.

Die Aufgabe wird bei einem Leitungsstrang nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 durch dessen kennzeichnende Merkmale gelöst, nach denen der feste Querschnitt des durch Umwickeln zu fixierenden Leitungsverbundes - das ist die Summe der LeitUngsquerschnitte der Leitungen - vor dem Umwickeln durch einen parallel zu den Leitungen in den Verbund eingebrachten langgestreckten leitungsartigen Körper mit einem im Verbund veränderbaren Querschnitt eingelegt wird. Durch Einlegen dieses Körpers in den Leitungsverbund wird dessen fester Querschnitt um den Querschnitt des Körpers vergrößert. Anschließend wird der Leitungsverbund in bekannter Weise maschinell, beispielsweise mit einem Wickelband, fest umwickelt. Nach Beendigung der Umwicklung und Erhalt eines steifen und wenig flexiblen Leitungsstranges wird der Querschnitt des eingelegten Körpers verringert und dadurch die Flexibilität des Leitungsstranges erhöht. Der Wickelvorgang kann auch nach dem Umwickeln des in seinem Querschnitt veränderbaren langgestreckten Körpers unterbrochen werden, so daß der Querschnitt prozeßsicher verringert wird, beispielsweise durch Anstechen oder Anschneiden des Luftschlauches, anschließend kann die Umwickelung weitergeführt werden. Der Durchmesser des Körpers und damit sein Anteil am Querschnitt des Leitungsverbundes kann variiert werden, wodurch auch die Flexibilität des Leitungsstranges variiert und vorbestimmt werden kann.The object is achieved in a wiring harness according to the preamble of claim 1 by its characterizing features, according to which the fixed cross-section of to be fixed by wrapping line network - that is the sum of LeitUngsquerschnitte the lines - before wrapping by a parallel to the lines in the Composite introduced elongated line-like body is inserted with a composite variable cross-section. By inserting this body in the cable network whose solid cross-section is increased by the cross section of the body. Subsequently, the cable assembly in a known manner by machine, for example, with a winding tape, firmly wrapped. After completion of the wrapping and obtaining a stiff and less flexible wire strand, the cross section of the inserted body is reduced, thereby increasing the flexibility of the wiring harness. The winding process can be interrupted even after wrapping the variable in its cross-section elongated body, so that the cross-section is reliably reduced, for example by piercing or cutting the air hose, then the wrapping can be continued become. The diameter of the body and thus its share of the cross-section of the cable network can be varied, whereby the flexibility of the cable harness can be varied and predetermined.

Der Körper kann dazu aus einem elastischen Material gebildet sein und elastisch aufgeweitet in den Verbund eingelegt werden. Nach dem Umwickeln wird er entspannt oder geschrumpft.The body can be made of an elastic material and elastically expanded in the composite can be inserted. After wrapping it is relaxed or shrunk.

Dazu eignet sich beispielsweise ein aufgeblasener Schlauch aus einem dünnwandigen Kunststoff oder aus dünnwandigem Gummi, der im aufgeblasenen Zustand in den Leitungsverbund eingelegt wird und aus dem nach dem Umwickeln das Füllgas, beispielsweise Luft, herausgelassen wird, insbesondere durch Anstechen desselben. Um dieses Anstechen zu erteichtern und prozeßsicher zu gestalten, kann der Schlauch am Ende des Leitungsstranges aus diesem herausragen oder auch mit einem seitlichen Ansatz versehen sein. Der geöffnete Schlauch entspannt sich und schrumpft zusammen, wodurch der feste Querschnitt des Leitungsverbundes unter der festen Umwicklung verkleinert wird und wodurch die Anordnung der Leitungen untereinander lockerer und der Leitungsstrang insgesamt flexibler werden. Der geschrumpfte Schlauch verbleibt im Leitungsstrang. Beschädigungen an den Leitungsisolierungen, wie sie beim Herausziehen einer Blindleitung aus dem Leitungsstrang auftreten können, werden zuverlässig vermieden, und eventuell auftretende Verklebungen machen sich nicht mehr nachteilig bemerkbar.For this purpose, for example, an inflated tube made of a thin-walled plastic or thin-walled rubber is inserted in the inflated state in the line network and from the after filling the filling gas, such as air, is let out, in particular by piercing the same. To erteichtern this piercing and to make process reliable, the hose may protrude from the end of the wiring harness from this or be provided with a lateral approach. The open tube relaxes and shrinks together, thereby reducing the fixed cross-section of the interconnect below the fixed wrap, thereby making the arrangement of the interconnections looser and the overall strand flexibility more flexible. The shrunken tube remains in the wiring harness. Damage to the cable insulation, as they can occur when pulling out a stub from the wiring harness, are reliably avoided, and possibly occurring adhesions are no longer adversely noticeable.

Anstelle des aufblasbaren Schlauches kann auch ein aufgeweitetes langgestrecktes leitungsartiges Rohr aus einem thermoplastischen Material in den Verbund eingebracht werden. Der Leitungsstrang braucht dann nach der Umwicklung lediglich kurzzeitig erwärmt zu werden, um die Schrumpfung des Rohres auszulösen und die Lockerung der Anordnung der Leitungen und die gewünschte Flexibilitätserhöhung zu bewirken.Instead of the inflatable tube, a widened elongated conduit-like tube made of a thermoplastic material can also be introduced into the composite. The wiring harness then only needs to be heated for a short time after the wrapping in order to trigger the shrinkage of the pipe and to cause the loosening of the arrangement of the lines and the desired increase in flexibility.

Überdies ist es auch möglich, nicht in den gesamten Leitungsstrang, sondern nur in durch die Montagebedingungen vorbestimmte flexibel zu gestaltende Bereiche desselben einen Körper einzulegen, wodurch ein Leitungsstrang mit Bereichen unterschiedlicher Flexibilität hergestellt werden kann.Moreover, it is also possible, not in the entire wiring harness, but only in predetermined by the assembly conditions flexible to be designed areas of a body, whereby a wiring harness can be made with areas of different flexibility.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend an einem Beispiel erläutert. In der zugehörigen Zeichnung zeigen schematisch:

  • Fig. 1: einen losen Verbund von Leitungen,
  • Fig. 2: den Verbund mit einem eingelegten aufgeblasenen Schlauch,
  • Fig. 3: den mit einem Wickelband umwickelten Verbund,
  • Fig. 4: den fertigen flexiblen Leitungsstrang und
  • Fig. 5: einen an einem Ende abgewinkelten erfindungsgemäßen Schlauch.
The invention will be explained below by way of example. In the accompanying drawing show schematically:
  • Fig. 1 : a loose composite of pipes,
  • Fig. 2 : the composite with an inserted inflated tube,
  • Fig. 3 the composite wrapped in a wrapping tape,
  • Fig. 4 : the finished flexible wiring harness and
  • Fig. 5 a hose bent at one end according to the invention.

Fig. 1 zeigt vier verschiedene, mit einem Wickelband 6 auf einer Wickelmaschine zu einem flexiblen Leitungsstrang zu verbindende Leitungen 1 bis 4. Der feste Querschnitt des zu fixierenden Leitungsverbundes ist die Summe der vier Leitungsquerschnitte. Diesem losen Leitungsverbund wird vor dem Umwickeln ein luftgefüllter dünner Schlauch 5 runden Querschnitts beigefügt (Fig. 2). Dessen Querschnitt beträgt etwa 15% des festen Querschnitts der Leitungen. Dieser lose Verbund wird in bekannter Weise anschließend der Wickeleinrichtung zugeführt und fest mit Wickelband 6 umwickelt, wobei die Leitungen 1 bis 4 an den Schlauch 5 gedrückt werden, wodurch dieser verformt und teilweise in die Leitungszwickel gedrückt und auch in Abhängigkeit vom Wickelzug komprimiert wird. Dieser Zustand ist in Fig. 3 dargestellt. Nach dem Umwickeln hat der Schlauch 5 eine unregelmäßige Querschnittsform 7 und nimmt noch etwa 10 % des festen Querschnitts ein, wobei die in die Leitungszwickel gedrückten Bereiche mit erfaßt sind. Fig. 1 shows four different, with a winding tape 6 on a winding machine to be connected to a flexible wiring harness lines 1 to 4. The fixed cross section of the fixed to be fixed line network is the sum of the four cable cross-sections. An air-filled thin tube 5 round cross-section is attached to this loose cable assembly before wrapping ( Fig. 2 ). Its cross section is about 15% of the fixed cross section of the lines. This loose composite is then fed to the winding device in a known manner and firmly wrapped with winding tape 6, wherein the lines 1 to 4 are pressed against the tube 5, whereby this deformed and partially pressed into the cable gusset and also compressed in response to the winding train. This condition is in Fig. 3 shown. After wrapping, the tube 5 has an irregular cross-sectional shape 7 and still occupies about 10% of the solid cross-section, wherein the pressed into the Leitungszwickel areas are detected.

Die Leitungen 1 bis 4 sind aneinandergedrückt, und der Leitungsstrang ist durch den komprimierten Schlauch 5 in Richtung auf die Umwicklung (6) leicht vorgespannt und steif. Nun wird der Schlauch 5 durch Anstechen geöffnet, die Luft entweicht, und der feste Querschnitt des Leitungsverbundes verkleinert sich unter der Umwicklung (6), so daß sich der Leitungsstrang entspannt. Die Leitungen 1 bis 4 liegen nun ohne Druck aneinander und haben einen geringen Spielraum zueinander (Fig. 4). Mit diesem Zustand liegt ein flexibler Leitungsstrang vor, der ausreichend biegsam und somit verpack- und erleichtert transportierbar und auch erleichtert montierbar ist.The lines 1 to 4 are pressed together, and the wiring harness is slightly biased and stiff by the compressed tube 5 in the direction of the wrapping (6). Now, the tube 5 is opened by piercing, the air escapes, and the fixed cross-section of the cable network decreases under the wrapping (6), so that relaxes the wiring harness. The lines 1 to 4 are now without pressure to each other and have a small margin to each other ( Fig. 4 ). With this state, there is a flexible wiring harness that is sufficiently flexible and thus packaged and easier to transport and easier to install.

In Fig. 5 ist ein Abschnitt des Schlauches 5 dargestellt. Der Schlauch 5 ist aus zwei übereinandergelegten und an den Rändern miteinander verschweißten (S) PE-Folien gebildet. Der Endbereich 8 verjüngt sich im aufgeblasenen Zustand bis zur stirnseitigen Schweißnaht. Dieser Bereich 8 ragt als Ansatz aus dem Leitungsverbund heraus.In Fig. 5 a section of the hose 5 is shown. The tube 5 is formed from two superimposed and welded together at the edges (S) PE films. The end portion 8 tapers in the inflated state to the frontal weld. This area 8 protrudes as an approach from the line network out.

Zur Vermeidung von unerwünschten Knittergeräuschen durch den Schlauch 5, kann dieser Zusätze aus Kalzium Stearat oder anderen Mitteln enthalten. Dies ist insbesondere dann von Vorteil, wenn der Leitungsstrang im Kopfbereich nahe der Ohren der Fahrzeuginsassen, z. B. in dem oberen Teil der B- oder C- Säule oder zwischen Himmel und Fahrzeugdach angeordnet ist.To avoid unwanted creasing by the tube 5, this may contain calcium stearate or other agents. This is particularly advantageous if the wiring harness in the head area near the ears of the vehicle occupants, z. B. in the upper part of the B or C-pillar or between the sky and vehicle roof is arranged.

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  1. Method for producing a flexible cable run, in which method a plurality of lines are fixed to one another by being wrapped, preferably with a wrapping tape, and in which method the solid cross section of the line composite which is to be fixed is enlarged before being wrapped and reduced again after being wrapped, characterized in that an elongate line-like element (5) having a variable cross section is inserted into the line composite (lines 1 to 4) before being wrapped.
  2. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that the element (5) is composed of an elastic material and is inserted in a widened state into the line composite (lines 1 to 4) and is relaxed or shrunk after being wrapped.
  3. Method according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the element (5) is an inflatable hose which is introduced into the line composite (lines 1 to 4) in the inflated state and from which the filling gas is released after being wrapped.
  4. Method according to Claim 3, characterized in that the hose (element 5) comprises a thin-walled plastic or thin-walled rubber.
  5. Method according to Claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the hose (element 5) is provided with a projection (8).
  6. Method according to Claim 1 or one of the subsequent claims, characterized in that the relaxed or shrunk element (5) remains in the cable run.
  7. Method according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the element (5) is inserted only into predefined regions of the cable run which are to be configured to be flexible.
  8. Line composite for a flexible cable run, having at least one blind line and one wrapping, preferably comprising a wrapping tape, characterized in that the blind line is an elongate line-like element (5) having a variable cross section.
  9. Line composite according to Claim 8, characterized in that the elongate line-like element (5) is composed of an elastic material, is inserted in an elastically widened state into the composite and is relaxed or shrunk after the lines have been wrapped.
  10. Line composite according to Claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the element (5) is an inflated hose made from thin-walled plastic or rubber.
  11. Line composite according to Claim 10, characterized in that the hose (element 5) has a projection (8) which protrudes out of the line composite (lines 1 to 4).
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