Patent ID: 6966787
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: B23K,B29C,B29K,B29L,H01B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clockspring for electrically connecting an airbag of a vehicle to crash sensors, the clockspring comprising: a housing having an inner chamber; and a flat electrical cable including an upper insulator layer; a lower insulator layer connected to the upper layer along substantially continuous parallel spaced-apart seams; and an intermediate layer comprised of individual strands of conductors which lie adjacent and substantially parallel to the seams and the conductors do not have an adhesive residue thereon, the flat electrical cable being mounted in the chamber of the clockspring, and wherein seams positioned between adjacent conductors have a textured surface pattern, and wherein seams positioned along edges of the flat electrical cable have a substantially smooth surface pattern.