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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2002
Kung-Cho Sheng, Taipei, TW;
Wen-Lung Hung, Taipei, TW;
Primax Electronics, Ltd., , TW;
Abstract
An anti-abrasive flat flexible cable for use with an image scanner for electrically connecting a carriage with a circuit board is disclosed. The flat flexible cable includes a metal foil having a first end electrically connected to the circuit board and a second end electrically connected to the carriage for signal transmission between the circuit board and carriage; a thermoplastic plastic wrapper enclosing the metal foil with two opposite ends of the metal foil exposed for electric connection with the circuit board and the carriage, respectively; and a spacer strip selected from a group consisting of Teflon, Nylon and polyoxylated methylene (POM), and attached onto the thermoplastic plastic wrapper for isolating the thermoplastic plastic wrapper from the glass scanning platform.