The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Minoru Taoka

Seiichi Ueno

Takashi Kawahara

Tomoyuki Ohashi

An electric connecting apparatus for setting up electric connection between wiring harnesses and a rotary connector having stationary and rotary casings and a flat cable housed therebetween. The apparatus is equipped with first and second apparatus sections each disposed on the rotary and stationary casing sides. The first section has a holder member formed on the rotary casing, a connector housing mounted to one end of the wiring harness, and a joint mold mounted to one end of the flat cable. The connector housing includes female terminals connected to odd end of the wiring harness and a connector housing main body for accommodating the female terminals. The joint mold includes tabs connected to odd end of the flat cable and a joint mold main body which supports the tabs. The second apparatus section has a cable lead-out section integral with the stationary casing, and a retaining key forcibly inserted into an open end portion of the cable lead-out section together with the connector housing, in place of the holder member. When the joint molds are connected to the connector housings each held in the holder member or the cable lead-out section, the electrical connection between the flat cable and the wiring harnesses is set up, with an engaging projection of the connector housing main body fitted into an engaging hole in the holder member to thereby lock the connector housing within the holder member.

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Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Taoka