Patent ID: 7669402
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: F16G,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Joint element for an energy guiding chain for guiding hoses, or cables, with a number of chain links displaying opposite side straps, where upper and lower cross-members are provided on at least some of the side straps, where the joint element displays at least two mounting areas that can be connected to adjacent or spaced chain links in order to connect them to each other in articulated fashion, so that the energy guiding chain can be deposited to form a lower strand, a deflection zone and an upper strand, characterized in that a bridging element, which continuously bridges the at least two mounting areas and is made of a material whose conductivity is greater than that of the joint element material, is located on the joint element, and in that the bridging element displays at least two contact areas, located on the surface of the joint element, each of which can be connected in electrically contacting fashion to the two chain links assignable to the two mounting areas.