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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Nobuo Matsuzaki, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Bannai, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Lead blocks are connected to end portions of flexible cables and are held at predetermined positions of housings. The lead blocks are each composed of a body portion, an extending terminal portion, and a conductor extending portion. A connecting portion for the associated flexible cable is formed in only the body portion. A predetermined number of connecting terminals are distributed to the body portion and the extending terminal portion. According to this configuration, conductors carried in the flexible cables and conductors held in the lead blocks can be connected with each other without dividing end portions of the flexible cables. Besides, it is possible to increase the total number of connecting terminals without increasing the number of lead blocks. Thus, it is possible to realize a multi-circuit configuration of the rotary connector.