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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1988
Shuji Inui, Nishikasugai, JP;
Chikahisa Hayashi, Nishikasugai, JP;
Mitsuhiro Kikuta, Nishikasugai, JP;
Satoshi Ono, Nishikasugai, JP;
Makoto Kawai, Nishikasugai, JP;
Yoshio Sano, Nishikasugai, JP;
Kunikazu Hirosawa, Nishikasugai, JP;
Makoto Kanai, Nishikasugai, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Nishikasugai, JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel assembly including an insulated base having a surface; a plurality of segmented slip rings having surfaces, disposed separately on the insulated base along a circular line such that they are mutually insulated; a plurality of contact pins that make sliding contact with the segmented slip rings along the circular line, and are set facing the surfaces of the segmented slip rings; and interposing pieces provided between the adjacent segmented slip rings such that the contact pins can move smoothly across the segmented slip rings.