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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1997
Noboru Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Serizawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Haruyoshi Murofushi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector attachment structure to prevent a damage on electric wires caused by bending thereof. A connector with electric wires is rotatably supported by a connector support. The support has support holes with or without a notch for receiving a pivotal pin. The connector support is provided either in an instrument panel or on an electrical junction box. The electric wires may extend by way of the electrical junction box to the connector. The electric wires from the connector are arranged in a direction of connector rotational axis. Another structure has a cover, being rotatably supported by a cover support, at a terminal portion of electric wires. The cover has a connector engagement portion and a tubular portion, which extends orthogonally from the engagement portion for leading the electric wires and is rotatably supported by the cover support and further extends in a direction of connector rotational axis. The cover support includes of a pair of flexible bent members formed annularly.