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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Inukami-gun, JP;
Rodrigo Kendy Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Ushiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., Inukami-gun, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a rotary connector device that enables relative rotation between the rotator and the stator to be easily and reliably fixed at a neutral position even when a steering device is disengaged. A rotary connector device () according to the present invention is provided with: a self-rotation pin () that is self-rotatable with respect to a sleeve () and that is provided with a pin-side notch () that restricts the self-rotation by coming into contact with an inner circumferential surface of a stator-side inner-circumferential cylindrical portion (); a stationary-side gear () and a self-rotation-side gear () that transmit the relative rotation and the self-rotation in an interlocked manner; and a stationary-side switching mechanism () and a pin protrusion () that switch, in a neutral position, the self-rotation pin () from a released state to a restricted state.