Background technology
(flat flexible cable is a connecting line commonly used in a kind of electronic installation FFC) to soft arranging wire, and suitable wiring can be provided in narrow space.In falt bed scanner, the optics that includes that scans that moves around just is connected with circuit board by soft arranging wire with the ray machine (carriage) of photoelectric conversion component.Shown in Figure 1A and Figure 1B, be respectively overlooking and the side-looking diagrammatic cross-section of a falt bed scanner.One falt bed scanner generally comprises a loam cake (not shown) and a lower house 10, installing one ray machine 11, a ray machine driving mechanism, a circuit board 13 and a soft arranging wire 14 in this lower house.This ray machine 11 is subjected to the drive of the motor of this ray machine driving mechanism and gear set 121 and moves through a transparent scanning platform 15 belows along track 122, scan to be opposite to file on this scanning platform or photo etc., this ray machine 11 still keeps and being electrically connected of 13 of circuit boards by soft arranging wire 14 when mobile, to carry out the signal transmission.
As shown in Figure 2, it is the organigram of a traditional soft winding displacement.This soft arranging wire 14 coats flexible plastic insulation skins 142 by a flexible Copper Foil conductor piece 141 is outer, and adds reinforced sheet 143 in two ends and form.The two end portions of this copper foil 141 is exposed to outside this plastic insulation skin 142, is assisted application of forces and is inserted respectively in the slot of this ray machine 11 and this circuit board 13 by this reinforced sheet 143.In ray machine 11 moving process, the flexual soft arranging wire 14 of this tool can stretch or bending, when these soft arranging wire 14 bendings, may produce friction with this transparent scanning platform 15 (being generally glass).Especially for prestowage contact-type image sensor (contact image sensor; CIS) ray machine, whole scanner is thinner, mean that this soft arranging wire 14 is bigger with the chance of these glass plate 15 frictions, because the plastic outer layer hardness of this soft arranging wire is low far beyond glass, and the coefficient of friction between itself and glass is big, therefore this plastic outer layer weares and teares easily, and it is on glass to cause having fines to stick in, and influences scanning quality.
Summary of the invention
Fundamental purpose of the present invention provides a kind of soft arranging wire structure, has made interval (spacer) structure of a suitable material between its plastic outer layer and this scanning platform, to avoid the damage by friction between this plastic outer layer and this scanning platform.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of soft arranging wire structure, contains the material that can suitably strengthen hardness and suitably reduce friction coefficient in its insulating outer layer, to avoid the damage by friction between this plastic outer layer and this scanning platform.
To achieve these goals, native system provides a kind of antiwear soft wiring structure, be applied in the falt bed scanner, be connected between a circuit board and the ray machine, can stretch or bending in one scan platform below with moving of ray machine, this soft arranging wire structure comprises: a flexible conductor part, an end are electrically connected on this circuit board, the other end is electrically connected to this ray machine place, therebetween to transmit electric signal; One flexible insulator part is coated on this conductor part outside, in order to protect this conductor part; And a flexible distance piece, be attached to this above insulator part, when this insulator partly bends between this insulator part and this scanning platform, in order to separate this insulator part and this scanning platform, with the damage that avoids friction.
Wherein, this flexible conductor part can be a Copper Foil, and this flexible insulator part is generally made by a thermoplastics, and this scanning platform is generally made by glass.Certainly, the alternative use of other material can't have influence on principle of the present invention and enforcement.
The preferably, this flexible distance piece by and glass between the material of tool low frictional factor made, better person, the hardness of this material is less than glass, to avoid scratch glass.This material for example can be selected from Teflon (teflon), nylon (nylon) or polyoxymethylenes (POM).In addition, this flexible distance piece material can be a compound substance, for example can be the composite material of nylon and polyoxymethylenes.
The preferably, this soft arranging wire more comprises a rigid support plate, is mounted to the two ends of this flexible conductor part, to help the application of force soft arranging wire is inserted in the slot of circuit board and ray machine.This flexible distance piece can be folded between this rigid support plate and this flexible conductor part, and is attached on this flexible insulator part.For guaranteeing during the soft arranging wire bending, all to separate this insulator part and this scanning platform, preferably make this flexible distance piece extend to half length place of this flexible insulator part at least, in other words, when ray machine came and went between scanning and the reference position, this soft arranging wire is all preferable on the one side of this scanning platform to have distance piece to exist.
A second aspect of the present invention is about a kind of antiwear soft wiring structure, is arranged in a housing, and in order to carry out the signal transmission between first and second device, this soft arranging wire structure comprises: a flexible conductor core, in order to carry out electrical signal conduction; And a flexible insulating outer layer, be coated on around this conductor core, in order to protecting this conductor core, but the two ends of exposing this conductor core, for being electrically connected to this first and second device respectively; Wherein, the contact portion of this insulating outer layer and this housing is little by this housing of hardness ratio, and and this housing between to have the material of little coefficient of friction made, can not produce chip basically when making between this insulating outer layer and this housing friction.
A third aspect of the present invention is about a kind of antiwear soft wiring structure, be applied in the falt bed scanner, be connected between a circuit board and a ray machine, can stretch or bending in glass platform below with moving of ray machine, this soft arranging wire structure comprises: a flexible copper foil, one end is electrically connected to circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to ray machine, therebetween to transmit electric signal; One flexible thermoplastics sheet is coated on outside this copper foil, but the two ends of exposing this copper foil supply the usefulness that is electrically connected with circuit board or ray machine; One flexible distance piece, the material that comprises Teflon, nylon, polyoxymethylenes and composition thereof is made by being selected from, be attached on the one side of this flexible thermoplastics sheet, be positioned at when bending between this flexible thermoplastics sheet and this glass platform with moving of ray machine in this soft arranging wire, in order to separate this flexible thermoplastics sheet and this glass platform; And a stiffening plate, be mounted to the two ends of this flexible copper foil, to help the application of force soft arranging wire is inserted in the slot of circuit board and ray machine, and this flexible thermoplastics sheet and this flexible distance piece are folded between this stiffening plate and this flexible conductor piece.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows, by outside this flexible cord row's insulation course, increasing by a flexible distance piece, and this flexible distance piece by and glass between the hardness of made and this material of the material of tool low frictional factor less than glass, so effectively avoided damage by friction between this insulating outer layer and this scanning platform.
The invention will be further described below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.
Embodiment
Shown in Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B, be respectively the side-looking diagrammatic cross-section and the schematic top plan view of soft rowed line structure of the present invention.With the falt bed scanner that is applied among Figure 1A is example, for avoiding this soft arranging wire to be subjected to this scanning platform (for example glass platform) wearing and tearing, soft arranging wire 34 of the present invention comprises flexible Copper Foil conductor piece 341, flexible outer thermoplastic layer 342, rigidity reinforced insulation plate 343 and flexible distance piece 344.This flexible Copper Foil conductor piece 341 exposes the conductor part at two ends under the encirclement of this flexible outer thermoplastic layer 342, for circuit board that is electrically connected to scanner respectively and ray machine.The having of this rigidity reinforced insulation plate 343 helps the application of force soft arranging wire inserted in the slot of circuit board and ray machine, and this outer thermoplastic layer 342 and this flexible distance piece 344 are folded in 341 of this stiffening plate 343 and this flexible conductor pieces.The material of this flexible distance piece 344 should be avoided by the glass platform scratch, also should avoid the scratch glass platform, therefore select for use hardness than glass little and and glass between the little flexible material of coefficient of friction make this distance piece, for example Teflon (Teflon), nylon (nylon) and polyoxymethylenes polymkeric substance such as (POM), perhaps these polymkeric substance each other or with other mixtures of material.In addition, for guaranteeing that this space bar all can suitably separate this outer thermoplastic layer 342 and this scanning platform during ray machine moves this soft arranging wire bending of drive, preferably make this flexible distance piece at least along half the length place that extends this outer thermoplastic layer 342.Certainly, if cooperate suitable adhesion technology, also can be only stick distance piece, because this part generally speaking can be near scanning platform when soft arranging wire bends at the centre portion of soft arranging wire.Width as for distance piece is not limited especially, as long as average out between ease of processing and material cost.
In the above-described embodiments, be to be example with the made scanning platform of glass, be fit to select for use as made distance pieces of material such as Teflon, nylon and/or polyoxymethylenes.When the material of scanning platform changes or this soft arranging wire is used case material not simultaneously, soft arranging wire structure of the present invention can use equally, as long as select the distance piece material of suitable hardness and coefficient of friction for use, can not produce tangible chip basically when making this outer thermoplastic layer 342 and get final product with this scanning platform or housing friction.
Certainly, except adding distance piece, also can in this insulating outer layer material, add anti-wear material, as above-mentioned Teflon, nylon, polyoxymethylenes and/or its potpourri, make the compound substance of an abrasionproof, to realize preventing that insulating outer layer and scanning platform friction from producing the purpose of chip.