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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Ryoichi Taniuchi, Fukui, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakade, Fukui, JP;
Takeo Nakamura, Fukui, JP;
Ichiro Tateishi, Fukui, JP;
Naoaki Matsui, Fukui, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rotary connector, which is generally used for the steering device of an automobile, for establishing electrical connections via a flexible flat cable between an electric circuit fixed to the steering column and an electric circuit attached to the steering wheel. The rotary connector of the present invention has guiding means for the flat cable for smooth winding. Guide piece is formed at recess C on inner cylinder B, with one end formed in one piece with the bottom surface of lid A of inner case . A proximity to the inside end of flat cable is inserted into gap between the inner wall of guide piece and the periphery of recess C disposed on inner cylinder B of inner case . Flat cable is then guided out from the edge surface of edge portion A formed so as to tilt the tip of guide piece in the periphery direction. It is thus possible to provide an easy to assemble and economical rotary connector with the number of parts minimized.