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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaki Takahashi, Furukawa, JP;
Yuichi Ida, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 15 ; 439164 ;
Abstract
A clock spring interconnector for electrically connecting a fixed member and a movable member by use of a flexible cable. The clock spring interconnector provides a connector piece at the center of the interconnector which accommodates an eccentric motion between a rotating steering shaft and the fixed periphery of the interconnector by engaging a projection with a recess on pieces mounted to the stationary periphery and to the steering shaft respectively, while transmitting the rotational movement of the steering shaft to the movable piece of the interconnector and while keeping the gap between adjacent rotating pieces small.