Patent ID: 6494396
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A reverse-type cable reel structure configured to contain at least one flat cable, said cable reel comprising:a cable guide with at least one reverse path channel, said cable guide partitioning said cable reel structure into a radially inner enclosure and a radially outer enclosure, said at least one flat cable being first wound in said radially inner enclosure in a given winding direction, passed through said at least one reverse path channel, inversely turned at the exit thereof, and wound in said radially outer enclosure in a direction opposite to said given winding direction; said cable guide being divided into at least first and second separate and complementary guide portions, thereby forming at least first and second reverse path channels, such that said separate and complementary guide portions are laterally mountable into engagement with said at least one flat cable after said at least one flat cable has been wound in said radially inner enclosure.