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Flat cable connector

US5259775A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1992
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G11/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flat cable connector including a first planetary roller, and a plurality of second planetary rollers as a flat cable guiding members, and a planetary gear mechanism for revolving the first roller round a rotor in an annular space between the rotor and a stator. The flat cable is turned at the first planetary roller so that the flat cable is wound in the opposite directions between the inside and outside of the second planetary rollers. The planetary gear mechanism is constructed to satisfy the relationship expressed as: a=b.times.{Di/(Di+Do)}, where a is the angular velocity of the planetary gear in its revolution; b is the angular velocity of the rotor with respect to the stator; Di is the diameter of an inner circumferential wall of the annular space; and Do is the diameter of the outer circumferential wall thereof. The amount of the flat cable fed out from or to the inner circumferential wall of the annular space is almost equal to the amount of the flat cable wound along or fed out from the outer circumferential wall of the annular space.

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