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Intermodulation-resistant flexible shaft having electrically insulating coated wires

US8814709B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KATHREIN-WERKE KG · DE

Inventors

Walter Staniszewski · Aschau, DE
Stefan Berger · Raubling, DE
Ralf Häntsch · Raubling, DE
Hubert Polster · Kirchheim bei München, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2011
Grant date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S464/90
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flexible shaft for torque transfer has a plurality of metal wires that are helically wound in a plurality of layers with an opposite winding direction that alternates from layer to layer. Each of the metal wires is surrounded by an electrically insulating insulation layer. The insulating layer prevents a metal-on-metal contact between adjacent metal wires and thereby prevents unwanted intermodulation products.

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