Patent ID: 6153832
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: B41J,H05K

Abstract:
An insulated flat multi-conductor flexible printhead carriage trailing cable fabricated as a unit for conducting demultiplexed electrical printhead control signals to inkjet printheads mounted on a moveable carriage, said unit comprising:a) a carriage end for attachment to a printhead carriage;b) a connector end for connecting said unit to a remote location from which demultiplexed printhead control signals are transmitted;c) an elongated trailing cable having a straight flexible section between said carriage end and said connector end; andd) a plurality of insulated electrical conductors extending in said trailing cable from said connector end to said carriage end, some of said conductors terminating in exposed printhead contacts arranged in a pattern on a surface of said carriage end, said trailing cable having a longitudinally extending cut in said straight flexible section therein to define two parallel trailing cable sections and said carriage end having two fold lines therein which each extend parallel to said cut, said fold lines being positioned such that said carriage end may be folded on said lines to superimpose said trailing cable sections on each other.