Rotary connector

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1991-09-30

1993-09-07

Scott, J. R.

Electrical connectors

Interrelated connectors relatively movable during use

Movement about axis

439164, H01R 3502

Patent

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052423093

ABSTRACT:
A rotary connector for connecting a steering device operable through a steering wheel to a vehicle body side, which includes a rotatable case mounted to the steering device and provided with a cancel cam for restoring a combination switch, a fixed case combined with the rotatable case, and a flat cable spirally wound and housed in the fixed and rotatable cases, the flat cable having inner and outer ends extended to outside through outlet portions formed in corresponding ones of the rotatable and fixed cases, wherein loosening and tightening of the flat cable permit a predetermined number of rotations of the rotatable case relative to the fixed case. In this rotary connector, the outlet portion for extending the inner end of the flat cable therethrough to the outside comprises at least two outlet portions for a left-hand steering wheel and a right-hand steering wheel located in different positions of the rotatable case.

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patent: 5151042 (1992-09-01), Okada

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