US 12,266,454 B2
Hot pressing machine and method for continuously hot pressing flexible flat cable
Zhonghua Xu, Shanghai (CN); Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US); Jian Cao, Shanghai (CN); and Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,583.
Claims priority of application No. 202110463054.1 (CN), filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344077 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); H01B 7/08 (2006.01); H01B 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 13/103 (2013.01) [H01B 7/08 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hot pressing machine for continuously hot pressing a flexible flat cable, comprising:
a plurality of hot pressing units arranged at intervals along a feeding direction of the flexible flat cable, each hot pressing unit includes four hot pressing plates aligned in a vertical direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, and the flexible flat cable is adapted to be hot pressed between adjacent two hot pressing plates; and
a central controller operably connected to the plurality of hot pressing units and controlling the plurality of hot pressing units to synchronously hot press the flexible flat cable located in the plurality of hot pressing units.