Rotatable connector device

A rotatable connector device, comprising a rotator including a ring-shaped rotatable-side ring plate and an inner cylindrical section having a cylindrical shape and formed along an inner circumferential edge of the rotatable-side ring plate, and a stator including a ring-shaped fixed-side ring plate and an outer cylindrical section having a cylindrical shape and formed along an outer circumferential edge of the ring-shaped fixed-side ring plate, the rotator and the stator being engaged with each other so as to be pivotable with respect to each other with a gap being provided between the rotatable-side ring plate and the outer cylindrical section;

• wherein:
• an accommodation section, defined by the rotatable-side ring plate and the inner cylindrical section of the rotator and the fixed-side ring plate and the outer cylindrical section of the stator, accommodates a cable for electrically connecting the rotator and the stator to each other in the state where the cable is wound around;
• the outer circumferential edge section of the rotator is formed to have a diameter longer than a diameter of the outer circumferential edge section of the stator formed to have a cylindrical shape;
• the outer circumferential edge section of the rotator is extended in such a direction as to cover an outer circumferential surface of the stator along the outer circumferential surface, so that the gap is opened downward;
• and
• in the state where the rotatable connector device is accommodated inner to a column cover which is located on the side of a vehicle and faces, at a prescribed distance from, a steering lower cover rotatable together with a steering wheel, an open end of the gap opened downward is located at a lower position than an inner circumferential edge of a clearance of the prescribed distance formed between the steering lower cover and the column cover.