IP Library Granted Patent US 12665105
Granted Patent B2
US 12665105 · App. 18/701,824 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Resin sheet for flexible flat cable and flexible flat cable

Inventors: Yutaka Fukuda (Osaka, JP); Tatsuo Matsuda (Kanuma, JP); Chiaki Kojima (Kanuma, JP); Shoei Yonezawa (Kanuma, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01B7/0861H01B7/0823
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Patent No.
US 12665105
App. No.
18/701,824
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resin sheet for a flexible flat cable is layered between a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel and a shield layer layered on the outer surface side of the plane in which the plurality of conductors are arranged in parallel, and has one or more insulating layers. The resin sheet for a flexible flat cable has a base insulating layer that has a tensile elastic modulus of 40-450 MPa, a dielectric loss tangent of at most 0.0014, and a relative permittivity of at most 2.3 at 25° C. and 10 GHZ, and that contains an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer as the main component thereof. The average thickness of the base insulating layer is 20-450 μm.

Claims (18)

1 . A resin sheet for a flexible flat cable, the resin sheet comprising one or a plurality of insulating layers and being layered between a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel and a shield layer layered on an outer surface side of parallel arranged surfaces of the plurality of conductors,

wherein the resin sheet has a relative dielectric constant of 2.3 or less at 25° C. and 10 GHz, and a dielectric loss tangent of 0.0014 or less,

wherein the resin sheet has a tensile elastic modulus of 40 MPa to 450 MPa,

wherein the resin sheet includes a base insulating layer containing a thermoplastic olefinic elastomer as a primary component, and

wherein an average thickness of the base insulating layer is 20 μm to 450 μm.

2 . The resin sheet for the flexible flat cable according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thermoplastic olefinic elastomer is a reactor thermoplastic olefinic elastomer having a polypropylene block.

3 . The resin sheet for the flexible flat cable according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a shield-layer-side insulating layer layered on a surface of the base insulating layer, the surface being on a side of the shield layer,

wherein the shield-layer-side insulating layer has a tensile elastic modulus of 400 MPa or more.

4 . The resin sheet for the flexible flat cable according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a conductor-side insulating layer layered on a surface of the base insulating layer, the surface being on a side of the conductors,

wherein the conductor-side insulating layer has an average thickness of 3 μm to 20 μm.

5 . A flexible flat cable comprising:

a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel;

a shield layer layered on an outer surface side of parallel arranged surfaces of the plurality of conductors; and

the resin sheet for the flexible flat cable according to claim 1 , the resin sheet being layered between the parallel arranged surfaces of the plurality of conductors and the shield layer,

wherein the resin sheet for the flexible flat cable and surfaces of the plurality of conductors are in contact with each other.