Electrical connector device
AssigneeNippondenso Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidenobu Kazita, Toshinobu Nishi
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Abstract
An electrical connector device includes first and second cable winding members one of which is co-rotatable with a rotatable side and the other of which is fixed to a stationary side. The first and second cable winding members are arranged with their respective centers being spaced apart from each other. An flexible cable is fixed at its one end to the first cable winding member and at its other end to the second cable winding member. The flexible cable is wound around the first winding member to form a loose winding of a plurality of turns therearound so that relative rotation between the first and second cable winding members is allowed by means of radially expanding and contracting behavior of the cable winding around the first cable winding member.
Claims16
An electrical connector device comprising:
- a cable winding member;
- a first case supporting said cable winding member so as to allow relative rotation between said first case and said cable winding member;
- a second case having a cable winding core;
- and
- a flexible cable having one end fixed to said cable winding member and the other end fixed to said cable winding core, said flexible cable being wound around the cable winding core to form a loose winding of a plurality of turns therearound,
- wherein said cable winding member is provided around a rotary shaft of a vehicular steering wheel.
An electrical connector device comprising:
- a first cable winding member;
- a second cable winding member;
- said first and second cable winding members being allowed relative rotation therebetween and arranged with their respective centers being spaced apart from each other,
- said second cable winding member provided around a rotary shaft of a vehicular steering wheel;
- and
- a flexible cable having one end fixed to said first cable winding member and the other end fixed to said second cable winding member, said flexible cable being wound around said first cable winding member to form a loose winding of a plurality of turns therearound,
- whereby said relative rotation between the first and second cable winding members is allowed by means of radially expanding and contracting behavior of said cable winding around said first cable winding member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.