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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Katsuramaki, Susono, JP;
Hikaru Sano, Susono, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flat cable routing structure is provided for preventing flat cables from suffering damage or disconnection and minimizing winding device malfunction, even when the flat cables are used in a plurally stacked state. The flat cable routing structure is provided with: a winding device for winding one side end portion of plurally stacked flat cables as well as for feeding out the other side end portion of the flat cables, the winding device being disposed in the vicinity of a slide body; and a protector which is caused to slide between a proximal position proximal to the winding device at which the flat cables are wound and a distal position distal to the winding device at which the flat cables are fed out. The protector is provided with a slackness absorption part for absorbing, in the interior, a slack portion consisted of the inner/outer circumference lengths difference between the flat cable on the outside, and the flat cable on the inside, with respect to the direction in which the flat cables are stacked produced when the flat cables are wound by the winding device.