Patent ID: 6538205
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A cable comprising at least two flat cable units (31), each flat cable unit consisting of:a plurality of ribbon-like conductors (31a) extending in a longitudinal direction of the at least two flat cable units(31) in parallel relationship to each other and spaced at an interval (w), an insulating covering layer (31b) covering the ribbon-like conductors (31a) and made of thermoplastic resin, the plurality of ribbon-like conductors (31a) and the insulating covering layer (31b) being integrally formed by extruding, each insulating covering layer (31b) having a step portion (31c) provided at an edge and extending in a longitudinal direction of the insulating covering layer, the step portion (31c) having a thickness of about half of a thickness at a spaced portion in the insulating covering layer (31b) where is no ribbon-like conductor and having a width of about half of the interval (w), and a first step portion (31c) of a first insulating covering layer in a first cable unit and a second step portion (31c) of a second insulating covering layer in a second flat cable unit being superimposed and heat bonded to integrate the first and second flat cable units.