Patent ID: 8266882

Claim:
Cable guide, consisting of links, connected to each other in articulated fashion, capable of angling in at least two directions relative to each other, and open on a face end, which are arranged behind each other in a longitudinal direction of the cable guide and form at least one guide channel by means of external guide elements, wherein a joint is located between two of the connected links within the cable guide, and wherein each of the two connected links has a corresponding connecting element having first and second connecting components, characterized in that the first connecting component of the connecting element is a fork-shaped design having two legs a distance apart from each other and each leg having an opening therein, and the second connecting component has a first seat having a spherical boundary surface and a joint element having an opening and a spherical outer boundary surface adapted to the spherical boundary surface of the first seat, wherein the joint element is mounted in the first seat in moveable fashion, and the second component having the joint element located therein can be positioned between the two legs of the first component in such a way that the opening in the joint element is aligned with the opening provided in each of the two legs of the first connecting component, such that a pin is insertable into a second seat formed by the openings in the two legs of the first component and the opening in the joint element of the second component, and is mounted in the second seat.