Bowden cable

English

Etymology

Uncertain; its invention is popularly attributed to Sir Frank Bowden, but also associated with Ernest Monnington Bowden.

Noun

Bowden cable (plural Bowden cables)

  1. 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.
    • 2004, David Gordon Wilson, Bicycling Science, third edition, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 253:
      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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