Patent ID: 8367932
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
1. A flat cable comprising: a plurality of cables arranged in parallel and in a planar array to have a flat configuration, each cable having at least a center conductor and a protective coat layer coated on an outer circumference of said center conductor, wherein the plurality of parallel cables are assembled by weaving each of a predetermined number of the cables with a weft yarn to form a cable assembly; and a tangling yarn disposed only along an edge in a width direction of the cable assembly, wherein said weft yarn has a greater elongation compared to an elongation of said tangling yarn, and wherein when the flat cable is bent, each weft yarn weaving a respective cable is configured to stretch so that the weft yarn in a bent portion is elongated and the cables in the bent portion are configured to deviate from a woven mesh structure of the cables and the weft yarn to maintain a planar configuration of the bent cable.