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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shunji Araki, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 ;
Abstract
In a conventional roller connector, when a spoke member of a steering device hits against an electrical lead-through section of a movable housing, there occurs a knocking sound, which will be unpleasant to the driver. The present invention, therefore, provides a roller connector which will not produce the knocking sound. Flexible cables are connected at least at one end to the electrical lead-through section of a movable housing. An elastic member is projectingly disposed on a surface of the upper wall where the electrical lead-through section protrudes, thus being driven to turn the movable housing.