Patent ID: 7305815

Claim:
A cable protection and guide device, comprising: a number of pairs of right and left side plates spaced apart from each other; each of said side plates include flexional inner circumferential sides and flexional outer circumferential sides; said pairs of side plates are connected to each other in a longitudinal direction; connecting arms; said connecting arms are bridged over said flexional inner circumferential sides at predetermined intervals; said connecting arms are bridged over said flexional outer circumferential sides at predetermined intervals; a cable is accommodated in a cable accommodating space surrounded by said side plates and said connecting arms along said longitudinal direction; each of said side plates is made of a fatigue resistant resin material and is formed of a front side plate portion connected to a preceding side plate, a rear side plate portion connected to a subsequent side plate and an integral flexible coupling portion interposed between said front side plate portion and said rear side plate portion, wherein said fatigue resistant resin material is selected from the group consisting of a polyamide resin and a polybutylene terephthalate resin compounded with an elastomer or rubber component.