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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Kazuya Arai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masakazu Umemura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Okamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Takeshi Sakakibara, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Satoshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiraku Tanaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Sakai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A relay apparatus for relatively rotating members includes a first member (rotating member) having an internal cylindrical portion, a second member (fixed member) having an external cylindrical portion which surrounds the internal cylindrical portion with a predetermined gap and is relatively rotated with respect to the internal cylindrical portion, a flexible flat cable which is stored along an annular space between the internal cylindrical portion and the external cylindrical portion to be spirally wound and which has an inner peripheral portion held by the internal cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral portion held by the external cylindrical portion, and a C-shaped moving member, movably arranged along the space, for inverting the flexible flat cable 13 in an opening portion 21c. One member of the first member 11 and the second member as rotatably driven and, has a flange formed on the cylindrical portion, and the moving member is arranged on the flange.