Patent ID: 7444800

Claim:
Energy guiding chian with a number of chain links connected to each other in articulated fashion, said chain links formed by mutually parallel side straps and cross-members connecting said side straps, said side straps each including a pair of narrow faces, where the energy guiding chain can be transversed in such a way that it forms a loop consisting of a lower strand, an oppositely facing upper strand, and a transitional area connecting said upper and lower strands, where one of the pair of narrow faces of the side straps faces towards the inside of the loop, and the other of the pair faces to the outside of the loop, and adjacent side straps can be pivoted relative to each other about a common pivoting axis defined by a pivot pin, characterized in that the distance between the pivoting axis and the narrow face of the side strap facing towards the inside of the loop is smaller than that between the pivoting axis and the narrow face of the side strap facing towards the outside of the loop and wherein the narrow faces of said side straps which face towards the inside of said loop form a continuous running surface.