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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1997
Kenichiro Nishikigi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Ohashi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Nobuo Matsuzaki, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A rotary connector is disclosed. In the rotary connector, a movable housing having a second top plate is rotatably connected to a fixed housing having a first top plate, and a part of the second top plate is overlapped on the first top plate. At the overlapping portion of the first and second top plates, a ring-shaped first projection projecting upward is formed on the inner periphery of the first top plate, and ring-shaped second and third projections each projecting downward are formed on the second top plate. The third projection is in abutment with the inner peripheral surface of the first top plate so as to serve as a rotary slide sections for the first and second housings, and the second projection is arranged outside of the third and first projections.