Control device for use in woven article
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a control device for use in woven article, which includes a conductive fabric that includes conductive warps, conductive wefts, and insulation warps, which are arranged so as to form a plurality of conduction sites; a first woven flat cable, which includes a plurality of conductor lines, the first woven flat cable being set to overlap the conductive fabric, two of the conductor lines being electrically and respectively connected to the conductive warp and the conductive weft of one of the conduction sites; and a processor unit, to which the conductor lines of the first woven flat cable is electrically connected.
1. A control device for use in woven article, comprising: a conductive fabric, which comprises a plurality of conductive warps, a plurality of conductive wefts, and a plurality of insulation warps, the insulation warps being arranged between the conductive warps and the conductive wefts, the conductive warps being selectively and releasably set in electrical engagement with the conductive wefts to form plurality of conduction sites; and a woven flat cable unit, which comprises at least one first woven flat cable, the first woven flat cable comprising a plurality of conductor lines, the first woven flat cable being set to overlap the conductive fabric, two of the conductor lines being respectively and electrically connected to the conductive warp and the conductive weft of one of the conduction sites of the conductive fabric; and a processor unit, which is electrically connected to the conductor lines of the first woven flat cable, wherein the woven flat cable unit further comprises at least one second woven flat cable that comprise a plurality of conductor lines, the conductor lines of the first and second woven flat cables being electrically connected to the processor unit, the first and second woven flat cables being set to overlap the conductive fabric, one of the conductor lines of the first woven flat cable being electrically connected to the conductive wefts of multiple ones of the conduction sites of the conductive fabric, one of the conductor lines of the second woven flat cable being electrically connected to the conductive warps of multiple ones of the conduction sites of the conductive fabric, wherein the conductive fabric forms a cutoff in which the processor unit is received.
2. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first woven flat cable overlaps the conductive fabric in an inclined manner so that the conductor lines of the first woven flat cable are not parallel to the conductive warps and the conductive wefts of the conductive fabric.
3. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first woven flat cable comprises two conductor lines, which are respectively and electrically connected to the conductive warp and the conductive weft of one of the conduction sites of the conductive fabric.
4. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first woven flat cable comprises four conductor lines, two of the four conductor lines being respectively and electrically connected to the conductive warp and the conductive weft of one of the conduction sites of the conductive fabric.
5. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor unit and the first woven flat cable are respectively and electrically coupled with an electrical connector and a counterpart connector, the counterpart connector being mateable with the electrical connector, whereby the electrical connector and the counterpart connector are electrically connectable to each other in a releasable manner.
6. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second woven flat cables overlap the conductive fabric in a non-inclined manner.
7. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the conductor lines of the first woven flat cable are parallel to the conductive warps or the conductive wefts of the conductive fabric, while the conductor lines of the second woven flat cable are parallel to the conductive wefts or the conductive warps of the conductive fabric.
8. The control device for use in woven article as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor unit is electrically coupled with at least two electrical connectors, the first and second woven flat cables being further coupled with counterpart connectors mateable with the two electrical connectors, the counterpart connectors of the first and second woven flat cables are respectively and electrically connectable with the two electrical connectors of the processor unit in a releasable manner.