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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Pat A. Bolen, Carthage, IL (US);
Brent E. Henderson, Ursa, IL (US);
Pat A. Bolen, Carthage, IL (US);
Brent E. Henderson, Ursa, IL (US);
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a flexible flat cable of a vehicular clockspring whose conductors are directly attached to the contacts of a mounting header. The flat cable comprises a series of conductors 'printed' in-between a pair of insulating layers. The conductors are directly connected to the contacts of a mounting header, which partially form the connection module of a clockspring. Other devices or cables within the vehicle can than quickly mate to the clockspring connection module, via a corresponding connector. This method of termination is in contrast to prior art clockspring cables which typically weld their cable conductors to rigid printed circuit boards or overmolded metallic insert grids.