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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2023
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Kibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Takaki, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Okada, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A support apparatus includes: a protective frame connected body to hold a plurality of protection targets flexibly, each protection target being a flexible cable or pipe having one end connected to a fixed-side member and the other end connected to a movable-side member that moves relative to the fixed-side member, the protective frame connected body having a bending portion bent in a middle, an upper side and a lower side of the protective frame connected body overlapped vertically; a lower supporter to support the lower side of the protective frame connected body; and a plurality of upper supporters, each of the plurality of upper supporters supporting the upper side of the protective frame connected body at a predetermined position of the protective frame connected body and being moved by movement of the movable-side member to pass the bending portion without being in contact with the bending portion.