# US 2008/0185168 A1 · Electronic device and harness for wiring electronic devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0185168 A1 - Document ID: US20080185168A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/024,517 - Filed: 2008-02-01 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2007-02-05 - Assignees: Fujikura Ltd. - Inventors: Takashi MATSUKAWA; Yuuki TANAKA; Kazuo TANIHIRA; Tamaki TANIHIRA; Shigeru ASHIDA; Kiyoshi KUZUU; Kensuke YOSHIDA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080185168A1 ## CPC - H01B 11/203: {forming a flat arrangement} - H01B 7/0892: {incorporated in a cable of non-flat configuration} - H04M 1/0235: {Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts} - H01R 35/02: Flexible line connectors {without frictional contact members} - H04M 1/021: {using combined folding and rotation motions (combined with translation movement H04M1/0235)} - H04M 1/0214: {Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position (combined with translation movement H04M1/0235)} - H04M 1/0225: {Rotatable telephones, i.e. the body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define in closed position (combined with translation movement H04M1/0235)} - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An electronic device includes at least first and second enclosures mounted so as to enable relative displacement therebetween, and an electric wire which electrically connects a circuit of the first enclosure and a circuit of the second enclosure. The electric wire includes a tape-shaped flat cable, including a plurality of internal wires arranged in parallel in a row. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: at least a first enclosure and a second enclosure, mounted so as to enable relative displacement therebetween; and an electric wire which electrically connects a circuit for said first enclosure and a circuit of said second enclosure, wherein said electric wire comprises at least one tape-shaped flat cable comprising a plurality of internal wires arranged in parallel in a row. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said internal wires is a micro-coaxial cable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one flat cable is bent into a U shape in a plane along which said first enclosure is slidable with respect to said second enclosure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electric wire comprises a plurality of tape-shaped flat cables superposed in a plurality of layers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein said flat cables superposed in a plurality of layers are bent into a U shape in a surface along which said first enclosure is slidable with respect to said second enclosure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein, in the portion of said flat cable bent into a U shape, said internal wires are arranged in a row and positioned along the direction substantially perpendicular to said surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electric wire further comprises a cover, covering said plurality of internal wires together in a tape shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one flat cable further comprises a resin covering member, covering said plurality of internal wires. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one flat cable further comprises a pair of resin tapes, wherein said plurality of internal wires is enclosed between said pair of resin tapes, thus covering said internal wires together. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said at least one flat cable further comprises a resin binding fiber woven with said plurality of internal wires, thus binding said plurality of internal wires together. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a first internal wire on a first side of said electric wire has a length less than a length of a second internal wire on a second, opposite side of said electric wire, and wherein internal wires between said first internal wire and said second internal wire are of increasing lengths from said first side to said second side. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein, said plurality of flat cables are of equal length. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein, first internal wires on a first side of said electric wire have a length less than a length of second internal wires on a second, opposite side of said electric wire, and wherein internal wires between said first internal wires and said second internal wires are of increasing length from said first side to said second side. ### Claim 14 A harness for wiring electronic devices, comprising: an electric wire comprising at least one tape-shaped flat cable, comprising a plurality of internal wires arranged in parallel in a row; a first connection portion at a first end of said electric wire; and a second connection portion at a second end of said electric wire.