Bowden cable
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Bowden cable
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Uncertain; its invention is popularly attributed to Sir Frank Bowden, but also associated with Ernest Monnington Bowden.
noun Bowden cables
- A flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force by the movement of an inner cable (most commonly of steel) relative to a hollow outer housing. Unfortunately, designers apparently forgot that the laws of sliding friction apply inside a Bowden cable just as they do at braking surfaces. The force transmitted by the inner cable is continuously reduced, particularly around bends, according to the formula […].
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noun cable used to transmit force by the movement of an inner cable
| Français | câble Bowden |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Bowdenzug |
| Italiano | cavo Bowden, guaina |
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