Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Kunihiko Ikegame

Shuji Hirai

Nobuyuki Ishigure

Toshihiko Kosugi

Yoshio Chiba

Tadashi Usuya

Shigeo Shigeyama

Kazutaka Kamiya

Hideki Matsumura

Looseness of a rotary connector and lifting of the rotary connector which occurs depending on a harness wiring state are prevented, to reduce inconvenience such as generation of an abnormal sound due to the rotary connector contacting a steering wheel. In a fixing structure of a rotary connector, which includes a projecting pieceto fix the rotary connector to a combination switch and a locked portionto be locked by the projecting pieceand in which a laterally protruding locking clawis formed in a tip portion of the projecting piece, the locking clawof the projecting pieceis integrally provided with a flexible urging portionthat displaces and urges the locking clawin a locking direction. A contact surfaceis formed on the locking claw, the contact surfaceobliquely coming into contact with a locking side cornerof the locked portionfrom the opposing side.

Rotary connector and fixing structure of rotary connector

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Tokyo, Japan

Kunihiko Ikegame