Patent ID: 7388154

Claim:
A mechanism for confining a flat flexible cable in position, said flat flexible cable being electrically connected between a circuit board and a carriage and bending differentially with a movement of said carriage relative to said circuit board said mechanism comprising: a confining member disposed between a first portion of said flat flexible cable and under a surface wherein said confining member is capable of isolating said flat flexible cable from said surface, wherein said confining member changes states and bends differentially with the movement of said carriage relative to said circuit board under said surface, and has a bending resistance greater than that of said flat flexible cable so as to keep itself at least a certain clearance from said surface while confining said first portion of said flat flexible cable there under, wherein said confining member comprises a plurality of rigid parts connected in series along the moving direction of said carriage, and each of said rigid parts is pivotally coupled to a preceding rigid part with the front-bottom corner and a following rigid part with the rear-bottom corner.