Wiring structure, cable, and method of manufacturing wiring structure
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHisashi Ishida
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wiring structure that easily achieves a wiring part having a three-dimensional shape with high connection reliability and high signal quality. A wiring structure (10) according to the present invention includes one or a plurality of cables (18), a fiber (12) forming a mesh-like braiding fabric together with the cable (18), cable connectors (13, 17) formed at ends of the cable (18), and modules (14, 15) connected to the cable connectors (13, 17), the modules receiving or outputting signals through the cable.
Claims19
A wiring structure comprising:
- one or a plurality of cables;
- a fiber forming a mesh-like braiding fabric together with the cable;
- a cable connector formed at an end part of the cable;
- and
- a module connected to the cable connector, the module receiving or outputting a signal through the cable,
- wherein the cable comprises one or a plurality of fiber holding parts for holding the fiber, and
- wherein the fiber holding part includes a concave portion formed in a circumferential direction of the cable in a sheath of the cable to engage with the fiber when the cable and the fiber form the mesh-like braiding fabric.
A cable for connecting modules, comprising:
- one or a plurality of cable holding parts including a concave portion for holding another cable, the concave portion being formed in a circumferential direction of the cable in a sheath of the cable;
- and
- one or a plurality of fiber holding parts including a concave portion for holding a fiber organized by the cable and a mesh, the concave portion of the fiber holding part being formed in the circumferential direction of the cable in the sheath of the cable, the fiber holding parts being different from the cable holding parts,
- wherein the cable holding part and the fiber holding part are formed at predetermined pitches in the sheath of the cable, and
- wherein the fiber holding part is disposed in the cable holding part.
A method of manufacturing a wiring structure comprising:
- braiding one or a plurality of cables and a fiber into a predetermined three-dimensional shape by hand or by using a braiding machine, the cable including one or a plurality of fiber holding parts for holding the fiber;
- aligning an end of the cable that is braided to form a cable connector for module connection;
- connecting a module to the cable connector;
- and
- fixing the module,
- wherein the fiber engages with a concave portion of the fiber holding part formed in a circumferential direction of the cable in a sheath of the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.