Patent ID: 9336926
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H01B,H02G,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An electric signal cable, comprising: an insulated cable, including a plurality of insulated conductors, having a first interface at one end thereof configured to detachably attach to a first electronic device and a second interface at the other end thereof configured to detachably attach to a second electronic device so as to interconnect the first electronic device with the second electronic device; and an elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member disposed at the other end of the insulated cable, and configured to hold the electric signal cable in a wound state when the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member is wrapped on itself such that ridges on a surface of a first part of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member are received by valleys in a second part of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member to limit a translatory motion of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member when subjected to a tensile stress, wherein the length of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member is an integer multiple of a diameter of the insulated cable times a number of loops of coiled cable that the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member retains.