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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
American Furukawa, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Jere Wade, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
AMERICAN FURUKAWA, INC., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A lock member for a rotary connector device includes a ring portion defining an aperture. Also included is a first leg. Further included is a second leg, wherein the lock member is moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the first configuration comprising the first leg disposed within a slot of a rotating member of the rotary connector device and the second leg disposed within a pocket of a fixed member of the rotary connector device, the second configuration comprising the second leg disposed within the slot of the rotating member and the first leg disposed within the pocket of the fixed member.