Electrical connectors – With relatively guided members and intermediate pliable... – Relatively movable about axis
Patent
1998-10-28
2000-02-08
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
With relatively guided members and intermediate pliable...
Relatively movable about axis
439 15, 200 6154, 200 6127, H01R 3504
Patent
active
060222301
ABSTRACT:
A column switch is provided with a rotary connector that makes electrical connection between a steering wheel and a vehicle by means of a coiled, flexible, flat cable 5 accommodated in a housing. The housing includes a lower housing defined by a base 1 of the column switch and an upper housing defined by a rotor 6 with a cancel cam 6f. The base 1 has a hollow cylinder 1a through which a steering shaft 2 is inserted in line with the hollow cylinder, and an annular groove 1b surrounding the hollow cylinder 1a and accommodating the flat cable 5 therein. The rotor 6 has an accommodating section 6c that closes the annular groove 1b, and a resilient fastening strap 6e that rotatably engages a fastening portion 1e formed on the hollow cylinder 1a. Since the same construction serves as both the base of the column switch and the housing of a rotary connector, the number of parts and assembly costs are minimized.
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Kananen Ronald P.
Niles Parts Co., Ltd.
Paumen Gary F.
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