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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Seiichi Ueno, Mie, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The cable of the present invention has a plurality of flat cables having a plurality of ribbon-shaped conductors and an insulating covering layer covering the ribbon-shaped conductors. The plurality of flat cables are arranged closely in parallel and have adjoining side edges continuously or intermittently connected over predetermined lengths. The process of producing the flat cables is to feed out a plurality of flat cables in one direction intermittently, transport them intermittently in the closely arranged state, take them up while continuously or intermittently heat bonding the adjoining side edges over predetermined lengths at the time of transport, and cut them at predetermined timings.