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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Seishi Takahashi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A rotary connector adapted to reliably operate a canceling mechanism for a winker, which is provided in a combination switch, and to reduce the distance between a steering wheel and the combination switch. Constituent components of the rotary connector are accommodated in a center hole provided in a casing of the combination switch. A canceling lever of the canceling mechanism protrudes into this center hole. The rotary connector broadly comprises a stator member supported on the casing, a rotor member rotating in response to rotation of a steering wheel, a slip-off preventing member, which is snap-connected to the rotor member, for preventing the rotor member from slipping off the stator member, and a flexible cable stored in an annular space defined between the stator member and the rotor member. A canceling lever is positioned in a turning region of the cancel cam provided on the upper portion of the rotor member.