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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1997
Hiraku Tanaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Satoshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Tsujino, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takashi Yanagihara, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cable holding structure of this invention comprises a groove in which a bending portion of a flexible flat cable is to be inserted, a first opening portion through which the flexible cable extending in the X direction as one direction from the bending portion passes and a second opening portion through which the flexible cable extending in the Y direction as the other direction from the bending portion passes, the first and second opening portions being contained in the groove, and a stopper provided on the first opening portion, which contacts a side edge of the flexible cable extending in the Y direction as the other direction of the bending portion so as to prevent the bending portion from slipping out in the X direction as one direction. Consequently, this prevents a residual stress from being generated in the flexible flat cable thereby improving the service life of the flexible flat cable.