Patent ID: 6745555
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: F16G,H02G

Abstract:
An energy guiding chain for guiding hoses or cables, the energy guiding chain comprising:a plurality of interconnected chain links, each chain link have opposing straps with inside and outside lateral surfaces extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the chain and narrow surfaces perpendicular to the lateral surfaces, at least some of the chain links having at least one cross-member connecting the opposing straps; and an articulated joint located between adjacent chain links to thereby connect the adjacent chain links together in articulated fashion, the articulated joint including a joint element that extends between the narrow surfaces of adjacent straps and at least partially between the inside and outside lateral surfaces of each adjacent strap, the joint element having an area that is elastically deformable in a bending direction of the chain links such that the energy guiding chain can be bent to form a lower strand, a deflection zone and an upper strand.