Rotary connector and method for assembling same
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsKengo Saito, Toshiaki Asakura
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Abstract
A rotary connector includes a fixed housing having an outer cylindrical section, a movable housing, having an inner cylindrical section, and rotatably connected to the fixed housing, a main cable accommodated inside an annular space formed between the outer cylindrical section and the inner cylindrical section, a sub cable having one end connected to one end of the main cable and the other end connected to an external terminal, and a lead block. The lead block has a first block, to which the one end of the main cable and the one end of the sub cable are fixed, and a second block, which is fixed at an arrangement angle crossing an angle at which the first block is arranged, and to which the other end of the sub cable and the external terminal are fixed.
Claims20
A rotary connector comprising:
- a fixed housing having an outer cylindrical section;
- a movable housing, having an inner cylindrical section, and rotatably connected to the fixed housing;
- a main cable accommodated inside an annular space formed between the outer cylindrical section and the inner cylindrical section;
- a sub cable having one end connected to one end of the main cable and another end connected to an external terminal;
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- a lead block having a first block, to which the one end of the main cable and the one end of the sub cable are fixed, and a second block, which is fixed at an arrangement angle crossing an angle at which the first block is arranged, and to which the other end of the sub cable and the external terminal are fixed.
A method for assembling a rotary connector that includes
- a fixed housing having an outer cylindrical section,
- a movable housing, having an inner cylindrical section, and rotatably connected to the fixed housing,
- a main cable accommodated inside an annular space formed between the outer cylindrical section and the inner cylindrical section,
- a sub cable having one end connected to one end of the main cable and another end connected to an external terminal, and
- a lead block having a first block, to which the one end of the main cable and the one end of the sub cable are fixed, and a second block, which is fixed at an arrangement angle crossing an angle at which the first block is arranged, and to which the other end of the sub cable and the external terminal are fixed,
- the method comprising:
- connecting the one end of the main cable and the one end of the sub cable to a surface of the first block;
- soldering to connect the one end of the main cable and the one end of the sub cable;
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- fixing the second block at the arrangement angle crossing the angle at which the first block is arranged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.