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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Shoichi Sugata, Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A rotor interlocked with a steering wheel is rotatably connected with a stator fastened to a steering column, a flat cable is provided in a coiled position in an annular hollow space formed by the stator and a rotor, and an inner peripheral end of the flat cable is electrically connected with an external cable through a connector which is provided in and projects from the rotor. On the upper wall of the rotor, which forms an inner cylinder and an upper wall of the annular hollow space, a bus bar is connected with each conductor on the inner peripheral end of the flat cable and is scored to the rotor with an insert mold, and each conductor of the flat cable and an external cable are welded to the bus bar.