Clockspring information

A plastic clock spring. Note that tension is created when it is "wound", or the end is rotated about the center.

A clockspring (also referred to as spiral spring or spiral cable)^[1] is a type of spring often found in automobiles, that stores energy on a rotating axis. Clocksprings generally consist of a flat multicore cable wound in a spiral shape similar to a clock spring, hence the name,^[2] but the name is also given to devices fulfilling the same purpose but which use spring-loaded brushes contacting concentric slip rings.^[3]

^ "Spiral Cable Assembly". Custom Wiring Loom. Cloom (OurPCB Co. Ltd).
^ Hillier, V.A.W. (1996). Hillier's Fundamentals of Automotive Electronics. Nelson Thornes. p. 382. ISBN 0-7487-2695-0.
^ Rosenbluth, William (2001). Investigation and Interpretation of Black Box Data in Automobiles. ASTM International. p. 131. ISBN 0-7680-0797-6.

[1] "Spiral Cable Assembly". Custom Wiring Loom. Cloom (OurPCB Co. Ltd).

[2] Hillier, V.A.W. (1996). Hillier's Fundamentals of Automotive Electronics. Nelson Thornes. p. 382. ISBN 0-7487-2695-0.

[3] Rosenbluth, William (2001). Investigation and Interpretation of Black Box Data in Automobiles. ASTM International. p. 131. ISBN 0-7680-0797-6.

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