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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Takahiko Mitsui, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical connecting device is provided between a steering wheel of a vehicle and a steering column. The device includes a housing,and a rotor,rotatably arranged in the housing,, defining an annular cable accommodating chamber,between the rotor,and the housing,. A flexible flat cable,is accommodated in the cable accommodating chamber,. The end portion of the cable,is wound along an inner peripheral face,of the chamber,, while the other end portion of the cable,is wound along an outer peripheral face,. On an upper face,in the chamber,, an inside projection,is formed so as to project downward on the inner peripheral side of the chamber,, while an outside projection,is formed on the outer peripheral side of the chamber,. The amount of projection of the inside projection,is smaller than the amount of projection of the outside projection