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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1991
Kunihiko Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Masanori Kuramoto, Miyagi, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a clock spring used for the steering system of an automobile or the like in which a flexible cable is utilized to make an electrical connection between a fixed member and a movable member. The clock spring includes a stationary housing; a rotor rotatably mounted to the stationary housing; the flexible cable wound in a cable accommodating portion defined between the stationary housing and the rotor; and a cover fixed to the stationary housing so as to cover the opened end of the cable accommodating portion. The improvement of this invention resides in a construction by which ribs are provided in the cable accommodating portion to restrict the flexible cable to a position more in the inner periphery of the rotor than in the outer periphery of the same.